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O Doyne Manuscript
The O Doyne manuscript is a collection of material relating to a dispute among the Gaelic-Irish family of Dunne. Kenneth Nicholls has described its contents as "contemporary copies of documents concerning the lengthy lawsuit between Charles O Doyne (Cathaoir Ó Duinn), a Master in the Irish Court of Chancery who died in 1617, and his elder brother, Thady or Teig (Thadhg) Ó Duinn ... It is precious as a complete record of the landownership pattern in a Gaelic-Irish territory which had remained practically free from outside interference." Charles and Thady were sons of Tadhg Óg Ó Duinn, a landowner and lord of Úi Riagán in Laois from 1558 to 1607. The dispute concerned the succession to Tadhg Óg's lands and chiefries. In the dispute, Nicholls remarks that it was "Charles, the English-educated lawyer and official, who sought to maintain the validity of the customs of tainstry and 'Irish gravelkind' which his brother the chief denounced as 'barbarous.' Charles died without ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ó Duinn
Ó, ó ( o-acute) is a letter in the Czech, Emilian-Romagnol, Faroese, Hungarian, Icelandic, Kashubian, Polish, Slovak, and Sorbian languages. This letter also appears in the Afrikaans, Catalan, Dutch, Irish, Nynorsk, Bokmål, Occitan, Portuguese, Spanish, Italian and Galician languages as a variant of letter "o". In some cases, The Letter "ó" is used in some languages as in a high rising tone (e.g. Vietnamese) It is sometimes also used in English for loanwords. Usage in various languages Chinese In Chinese pinyin ó is the ''yángpíng'' tone (阳平, high-rising tone) of "o". Czech and Slovak Ó is the 24th letter of the Czech alphabet and the 28th letter of the Slovak alphabet. It represents . Dutch In Dutch, the acute Ó accent is used to mark different meanings for words, for example and ("for" / "before"), or and ("to occur" / "to prevent"). Emilian-Romagnol In Emilian, ó is used to represent e.g. ''sótt'' otː"dry". In Romagnol, ó is used to represe ... [...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] |
Charles O Doyne
Charles is a masculine given name predominantly found in English and French speaking countries. It is from the French form ''Charles'' of the Proto-Germanic name (in runic alphabet) or ''*karilaz'' (in Latin alphabet), whose meaning was "free man". The Old English descendant of this word was '' Ċearl'' or ''Ċeorl'', as the name of King Cearl of Mercia, that disappeared after the Norman conquest of England. The name was notably borne by Charlemagne (Charles the Great), and was at the time Latinized as ''Karolus'' (as in ''Vita Karoli Magni''), later also as '' Carolus''. Some Germanic languages, for example Dutch and German, have retained the word in two separate senses. In the particular case of Dutch, ''Karel'' refers to the given name, whereas the noun ''kerel'' means "a bloke, fellow, man". Etymology The name's etymology is a Common Germanic noun ''*karilaz'' meaning "free man", which survives in English as churl (< Old English ''ċeorl''), which developed its depre ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Irish Chancery
The Court of Chancery was a court which exercised equitable jurisdiction in Ireland until its abolition as part of the reform of the court system in 1877. It was the court in which the Lord Chancellor of Ireland presided. Its final sitting place was at the Four Courts in Dublin, which still stands. History The Chancery in Ireland was set up in 1232, following the model of the Court of Chancery of England. The court was abolished under the Supreme Court of Judicature Act (Ireland) 1877 and its jurisdiction transferred to the Chancery Division of the newly established High Court of Justice in Ireland, while the Lord Chancellor presided over the Court of Appeal in Ireland. In 1920, the High Court was split into separate courts for Northern Ireland and Southern Ireland under the Government of Ireland Act 1920. While the Northern Ireland court still maintains a separate Chancery Division, the Irish Free State abolished the divisions of the High Court under the Courts of Justice Ac ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Laois
County Laois ( ; gle, Contae Laoise) is a county in Ireland. It is part of the Eastern and Midland Region and in the province of Leinster. It was known as Queen's County from 1556 to 1922. The modern county takes its name from Loígis, a medieval kingdom. Historically, it has also been known as County Leix. Laois County Council is the local authority for the county. At the 2022 census, the population of the county was 91,657, an increase of 56% since the 2002 census. History Prehistoric The first people in Laois were bands of hunters and gatherers who passed through the county about 8,500 years ago. They hunted in the forests that covered Laois and fished in its rivers, gathering nuts and berries to supplement their diets. Next came Ireland's first farmers. These people of the Neolithic period (4000 to 2500 BC) cleared forests and planted crops. Their burial mounds remain in Clonaslee and Cuffsborough. Starting around 2500 BC, the people of the Bronze Age lived in Laois. Th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brittas, Dublin
Brittas (, meaning "wooden parapet") is a rural village in the jurisdiction of South Dublin, just north of the border with County Wicklow on the N81 road. The village is notable for five Acer pseudoplatanus, sycamore tree-stump carvings by the side of the road depicting Irish mythology, Irish mythological figures carved in 2018. The River Camac originates close to Brittas before descending through the Slade of Saggart to Saggart and beyond. Location Brittas is in the foothills of the Dublin Mountains, and about a 30-minute drive from Dublin city centre. Representation Brittas is within the Dublin Mid-West (Dáil constituency), Dublin Mid-West electoral constituency, and the 'Clondalkin Local Electoral Area' for County Council elections. Amenities In the summer of 1876, with almost 30 families facing the future without a local education programme, Fr Michael Barry from Saggart was approached about the possibility of establishing a school in Brittas. In 1881, the house beside t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sir Robert Doyne
Sir Robert Doyne (1651–1733) was an Irish barrister and politician. Judge He was member of the Irish House of Commons for New Ross from 1692 to 1695, and later a distinguished judge who served as Chief Baron of the Irish Exchequer from 1695 to 1703 and Chief Justice of the Irish Common Pleas from 1703 to 1714. Ball p.62 He regularly attended the Irish House of Lords to give legal advice, and in late 1696 when the office of Lord Chancellor of Ireland fell vacant, he was one of the unsuccessful candidates for the position. In 1714, on the Queen's death, like all senior judges in Ireland appointed by Queen Anne, he was removed by the new administration. While allegations of corruption were made against him, his removal seems to have been a simple matter of his political allegiance.Ball pp.86-7 On the most contentious charge against him, concerning his role and the role of the judiciary generally in the bitter dispute between central government and Dublin Corporation, whi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marsh's Library
Marsh's Library, situated in St. Patrick's Close, adjacent to St. Patrick's Cathedral, Dublin, Ireland is a well-preserved library of the late Renaissance and early Enlightenment. When it opened to the public in 1707 it was the first public library in Ireland. It was built to the order of Archbishop Narcissus Marsh and has a collection of over 25,000 books and 300 manuscripts. History Foundation The library was built for the Most Rev. Narcissus Marsh, Church of Ireland Archbishop of Dublin, and formerly Provost of Trinity College, Dublin. It was long claimed that the Library opened in 1701, but this is untrue. The Cathedral agreed in 1701 to provide a plot of land for a library, but building work only commenced in 1703. The First Gallery and the Old Reading Room seem to have been completed by 1705. The Library was formally established by an Act of the Irish Parliament in 1707 (6 Anne c. 19), and the Second Gallery was added in 1708 or 1709. The design was by the then Surv ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Irish Manuscripts Commission
The Irish Manuscripts Commission was established in 1928 by the newly founded Irish Free State with the intention of furthering the study of Ireland's manuscript collections and archives. Its foundation was primarily motivated by the loss of many historical documents when the Irish Public Record Office was destroyed during the Battle of Dublin in the Irish Civil War, and by the destruction of most Irish family records by the IRA at the Burning of the Custom House in 1920. The Commission catalogues and publishes editions of such documents. It also publishes the journal '' Analecta Hibernica'', which provides information on the Commission's work and editions of shorter manuscripts. Since 1930 it has overseen the publication of over 140 titles. The Commission is run by a chairman and a board appointed by the Irish government. The Commission's works were published by the Irish Stationery Office (now the Government Supplies Agency) until 1990. Since 1991 it has published its own works ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Críchad An Chaoilli
Críchad an Chaoilli ("boundary of the Caoille") is a medieval Irish text. Overview Written in Middle Irish sometime between 1100 and 1300, Críchad 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] |
Crichaireacht Cinedach Nduchasa Muintiri Murchada
Muintir Murchada was the name of an Irish territory which derived its name from the ruling dynasty, who were in turn a branch of the Uí Briúin. The name was derived from Murchadh mac Maenach, King of Uí Briúin Seóla, who died 891. Overview The ruling dynasty was first recorded as a lineage in 1061 and by 1238 the term denoted the territory. It came under the control of the Uí Briúin about the 11th century, its original rulers taking the surname Ó Flaithbheartaigh ( O'Flaherty). They were expelled by the Ua Conchobhair Kings of Connacht to Iar Connacht where they are still to be found. Muintir Murchada appears to have comprised the following parishes: Killursa, Kilkilvery, Killeany, Kilcoona, Cargin, Killower, Cummer. It also is thought to have included parts of Belclare, Donaghpatrick, Corofin, Tuam, Kilbennan and Killererin. Crichaireacht cinedach nduchasa Muintiri Murchada is a tract dating to the reign of its lord, Flaithbertaigh Ua Flaithbertaigh (died 1098), who r ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
