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CrÃchad An Chaoilli
CrÃchad an Chaoilli ("boundary of the Caoille") is a medieval Irish text. Overview Written in Middle Irish sometime between 1100 and 1300, CrÃchad an Chaoilli is a topographical text that takes its title from its opening verse: : ''Crichad an caoilli gu cruaidh'' : ''in fuil uaibh nech noimluaidh ?'' : ''tucad do mac Sonaisc sin'' : ''ar an forbhais d'fhoirdhin'' which translates as :''The exact boundary of the Caoille,'' :''is there anyone of you who would describe it?'' :''It was given to the son of Sonasc'' :''for assisting at the siege.'' The rest of the text is written in prose, and describes the land and proprietors of Fermoy, County Cork, an area originally known as the kingdom of Caoille or Fir Maige Féne. It survives in two manuscripts – Book of Lismore, on folio 140a, 2; and in Egerton 92, fo. 13b, preserved in the British Library, London. Authorship Its unknown author is thought to have been a monastic scribe. See also * Crichaireacht cinedach nduchasa M ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Medieval
In the history of Europe, the Middle Ages or medieval period lasted approximately from the late 5th to the late 15th centuries, similar to the Post-classical, post-classical period of World history (field), global history. It began with the fall of the Western Roman Empire and transitioned into the Renaissance and the Age of Discovery. The Middle Ages is the middle period of the three traditional divisions of Western history: classical antiquity, the medieval period, and the modern history, modern period. The medieval period is itself subdivided into the Early Middle Ages, Early, High Middle Ages, High, and Late Middle Ages. Population decline, counterurbanisation, the collapse of centralized authority, invasions, and mass migrations of tribes, which had begun in late antiquity, continued into the Early Middle Ages. The large-scale movements of the Migration Period, including various Germanic peoples, formed new kingdoms in what remained of the Western Roman Empire. In the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Seán Mór Ó Dubhagáin
Seán Mór Ó Dubhagáin (died 1372) was an Irish Gaelic poet. Background Ó Dubhagáinn was among the first notable members of the bardic family Baile Uà Dhubhagáin (Ballyduggan), near Loughrea, County Galway. He was accorded the rank ollamh seanchai (professional historian) to the Uà Maine recorded Irish clan history up until the Norman invasion of Ireland. His work Ó Dubhagáin's most important work is '' Triallam timcheall na Fodla'', a compilation of verse, giving the names of the various tribes, dynasties and territories of the Irish, and the various chiefs before the coming of the Normans. He devotes 152 lines to Meath, 354 to Ulster, 328 to Connacht, and only 56 to Leinster, possibly unfinished at his death. ''Triallam'' is notable, in that he writes as though the Norman invasion never occurred, and as if many of the families listed still occupied their original territories. This, however, may reflect his interest as an antiquarian preserving ancient lore. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Éigse
''Éigse: A Journal of Irish Studies'' is an academic journal devoted to the study of the Irish language and literature. It began in 1923 as part of an initiative by the Senate of the National University of Ireland to use the Adam Boyd Simpson Fund for the publication of an Irish studies journal. This journal, called ''Lia Fáil'', first appeared in 1926 and was edited by Douglas Hyde, professor of Modern Irish at University College Dublin (UCD). A second volume appeared in 1932, when prof. Hyde retired from UCD, later becoming the first President of Ireland. When in 1938, the fund was exclusively set aside for the publication of the journal, Gerard Murphy stepped into Hyde's shoes and changed the name to ''Éigse: A Journal of Irish Studies'', which saw its first volume in 1939. Since then, the journal has appeared on a regular basis. The current editor-in-chief is Liam MacMathúna. Editors *Gerard Murphy (1939–1959) *Brian Ó CuÃv Brian Ó CuÃv (1916 – 14 November 1999 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cloyne
Cloyne () is a small town to the southeast of Midleton in eastern County Cork. It is also a see city of the Anglican (Church of Ireland) Diocese of Cork, Cloyne and Ross, while also giving its name to a Roman Catholic diocese. St Colman's Cathedral in Cloyne is a cathedral church of the Church of Ireland while the Pro Cathedral of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Cloyne, Cobh Cathedral of Saint Colman, overlooks Cork Harbour. Cloyne is within the Cork East Dáil constituency. History The first evidence of settlement in Cloyne is a 4000-year-old portal dolmen that lies to the West of the town. The bishopric of Cloyne was founded by St. Colman Mac LénÃne, (530–606 A.D.) as his principal monastery in the sixth century. The origin legend '' Conall Corc and the Corco LoÃgde'' claims that the land for the foundation of the monastery was not given by the local king, but by Coirpre mac Crimthainn (d. ''c''. 580 A.D.), who was king of Munster from the Eóganacht Glendamnach: :Co ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Corcu LoÃgde
The Corcu LoÃgde (Corcu Lóegde, Corco Luigde, Corca Laoighdhe, Laidhe), meaning Gens of the Calf Goddess, also called the SÃl Lugdach meic Itha, were a kingdom centred in West County Cork who descended from the proto-historical rulers of Munster, the Dáirine, of whom they were the central royal sept. They took their name from Lugaid LoÃgde "Lugaid of the Calf Goddess", a King of Tara and High King of Ireland, son of the great Dáire Doimthech (a quo Dáirine). A descendant of Lugaid LoÃgde, and their most famous ancestor, is the legendary Lugaid Mac Con, who is listed in the Old Irish ''Baile Chuinn Chétchathaig''. Closest kin to the Corcu LoÃgde were the Dál Fiatach princes of the Ulaid. Overview The Corcu LoÃgde were the rulers of Munster, and likely of territories beyond the province, until the early 7th century AD, when their ancient alliance with the Kingdom of Osraige fell apart as the Eóganachta rose to power. Many peoples formerly subject to the Corcu LoÃgd ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Donnchadh Ó Corráin
Donnchadh Ó Corráin (28 February 1942 – 25 October 2017) was an Irish historian and Professor Emeritus of Medieval History at University College Cork. He earned his BA in history and Irish from that institution, graduating in 1964. He was an early Irish and mediaeval historian and published on the Viking Wars, Ireland in the pre-Hiberno-Norman period and the origin of Irish language names. In addition to his position at UCC, he held academic positions at University College Dublin, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies, Cambridge University, University of Pennsylvania, University of Oslo and Oxford University, where he was a Visiting Senior Research Fellow of Balliol College Balliol College () is one of the constituent colleges of the University of Oxford in England. One of Oxford's oldest colleges, it was founded around 1263 by John I de Balliol, a landowner from Barnard Castle in County Durham, who provided the f .... He founded and directed the ArCH, CELT and MultiTex ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kenneth Nicholls
Kenneth W. Nicholls, Irish academic and historian, is a widely respected Irish historian. Nicholls came to national and international prominence as the author of ''Gaelic and Gaelicised Ireland in the Middle Ages'', first published in 1972, and reprinted in 2003. He is particularly regarded among his peers for his deep knowledge of late medieval and early modern historical sources in Irish, Latin, French and English languages. His areas of professional interests include: * Late medieval and early modern Ireland, including topics such as genealogy, population studies, place-names, marriage, law, institutions * Scottish history, particularly legal and institutional * extinction of animals within historical times * agrarian history Ken Nicholls was a member of staff of the history department in University College Cork until his retirement in 2004. He also worked at the Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies The Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies (DIAS) ( ga, Institiúid A ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dinnseanchas
''Dindsenchas'' or ''Dindshenchas'' (modern spellings: ''Dinnseanchas'' or ''Dinnsheanchas'' or ''Dınnṡeanċas''), meaning "lore of places" (the modern Irish word ''dinnseanchas'' means "topography"), is a class of onomastic text in early Irish literature, recounting the origins of place-names and traditions concerning events and characters associated with the places in question. Since many of the legends being related also concern the acts of mythic and legendary figures, the ''dindsenchas'' has been an important source for the study of Irish mythology. Works The literary corpus of the ''dindsenchas'' comprises about 176 poems plus a number of prose commentaries and independent prose tales (the so-called "prose ''dindsenchas''" is often distinguished from the "verse", "poetic" or "metrical ''dindsenchas''"). As a compilation the ''dindsenchas'' has survived in two different recensions. The first recension is found in the ''Book of Leinster'', a manuscript of the 12th century, w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Liam Ó Buachalla
Liam Ó Buachalla (10 April 1899 – 15 October 1970) was a Fianna Fáil politician from Drogheda, County Louth in Ireland. He was active as a financial expert in the Irish War of Independence. He was a Senator from 1939 to 1969, and was twice elected as Cathaoirleach of Seanad Éireann. A Professor of Economics at University College Galway (UCG), Ó Buachalla was nominated by the Taoiseach Éamon de Valera to the 3rd Seanad in 1939, to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Colonel Maurice Moore. He was re-appointed to the 4th Seanad and to the 5th. After Fianna Fáil lost power at the 1948 general election, the new Fine Gael Taoiseach was unlikely to reappoint him, and he was elected to the 6th Seanad on the Cultural and Educational Panel. He was re-elected five times, until he stood down at the 1969 Seanad election. He was Cathaoirleach (chairman) of the Seanad from 1951 to 1954, and from 1957 to 1969, and also served as Leas-Chathaoirleach Cathaoirleach (; Irish fo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ériu (journal)
''Ériu'' is an academic journal of Irish language studies. It was established in 1904 as the journal of the School of Irish Learning in Dublin.''Ériu'' Royal Irish Academy. When the school was incorporated into the in 1926, the academy continued publication of the journal, in the same format and with the same title. Originally, the journal was published in two parts annually, together making a volume, but parts slipped further apart after Volume III. Articles are written in either Irish or English. References External links *[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Baron Fermoy
Baron Fermoy is a title in the Peerage of Ireland. The title was created by Queen Victoria by letters patent of 10 September 1856 for Edmond Roche. Previous letters patent had been issued on 14 May 1855 which purported to create this barony for Roche, but these were ruled invalid in 1856. Under the Acts of Union 1800, three pre-1801 Irish peerages had to go extinct for each new Irish peerage created. The three extinct peerages cited in 1855 were Viscounts Melbourne and Tyrconnel, and the Earl of Mountrath. However, although the earldom went extinct in 1802 with the death of the 7th Earl of Mountrath, the subsidiary title of Baron Castle Coote passed by special remainder and remained extant (until 1827). As a result, the Committee for Privileges of the House of Lords reasoned that while the number of peerages had reduced in 1802, the number of peers had not, thus the 1855 patent was incompatible with the terms of the Act of Union. The 1856 patent substituted Viscount O'Neill for ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
