Edel Bhreathnach is an Irish historian and academic and former CEO of the Discovery Programme.
Bhreathnach was a Tara Research Fellow for
the Discovery Programme
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from 1992 to 2000. In 2005 she was appointed Post-Doctoral Fellow at the
Mícheál Ó Cléirigh
Mícheál Ó Cléirigh (), sometimes known as Michael O'Clery, was an Irish chronicler, scribe and antiquary and chief author of the ''Annals of the Four Masters,'' assisted by Cú Choigcríche Ó Cléirigh, Fearfeasa Ó Maol Chonaire, and Per ...
Institute for the study of Irish History and Civilization, at
University College Dublin
University College Dublin (commonly referred to as UCD) ( ga, Coláiste na hOllscoile, Baile Átha Cliath) is a public research university in Dublin, Ireland, and a member institution of the National University of Ireland. With 33,284 student ...
. In 2013, she left her role in the Ó Cléirigh Institute to rejoin the Discovery Programme as CEO. Her particular areas of interest concern the history of
Tara in
County Meath
County Meath (; gle, Contae na Mí or simply ) is a county in the Eastern and Midland Region of Ireland, within the province of Leinster. It is bordered by Dublin to the southeast, Louth to the northeast, Kildare to the south, Offaly to the ...
, dynastic politics in the kingdoms of
Mide
Meath (; Old Irish: ''Mide'' ; spelt ''Mí'' in Modern Irish) was a kingdom in Ireland from the 1st to the 12th century AD. Its name means "middle," denoting its location in the middle of the island.
At its greatest extent, it included all ...
and
Leinster
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.She is currently part of the Monastic Ireland network and is working on a study of monasticism in Ireland AD900-1250.
See also
*
Breathnach
Breathnach or Bhreathnach (meaning ''Welshman'') is an Irish surname, indicating an ancestor who was Welsh. It is the Irish-language version of surnames such as Brannagh, Brunnock, Brannick, Walsh, Wallace, and Wallis.
However, it does not nec ...
Bibliography
The following is a provisional list of Bhreathnach's publications.
Articles
* ''Killeskin: An Irish Monastery Surveyed'' in ''Cambridge/Cambrian Medieval Celtic Studies'', pp. 33–47. 1994.
* ''Tara: A Select Bibliography,'' in ''Discovery Programme Reports No. 3''. 1995.
* ''Temoria: Caput Scotorum?'' in ''Éiru'' No. 47, pp. 67–88. 1996.
* 'Topographical note: Moynagh Lough, Nobber, Co. Meath'' in ''Ríocht na Midhe'' No. 9, pp.16-19, 1998.
* ''Authority and supremacy in Tara and its Hinterland c.950-1200'' in ''Discovery Reports Programme No. 5'', pp.1-23. 1999.
* ''Kings, the kingship of Leinster and the regnal poems of 'Laídshenchas Laigen': A reflection of dynastic politics of Leinster, 650-1150'' in ''Seachas: Studies in Early and Medieval Irish Archaeology, History and Literature in Honour of
Francis J. Byrne
Francis John Byrne (1934 – 30 December 2017) was an Irish historian.
Born in Shanghai where his father, a Dundalk man, captained a ship on the Yellow River, Byrne was evacuated with his mother to Australia on the outbreak of World War II. ...
'', ed.
Alfred P. Smyth, Four Courts Press, Dublin, pp.299-312. 2000. .
* ''Abesses, minor dynasties and kings 'in clericatu': Perspectives of Ireland 700-850'' in ''Mercia: An Anglo-Saxon kingdom in Europe,'' M.P. Brown and C.A. Farr (eds.), pp. 113–125,
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Press, 2001.
* 'Two contributors to the
Book of Leinster
The Book of Leinster ( mga, Lebor Laignech , LL) is a medieval Irish manuscript compiled c. 1160 and now kept in Trinity College, Dublin, under the shelfmark MS H 2.18 (cat. 1339). It was formerly known as the ''Lebor na Nuachongbála'' "Book ...
: Bishop Finn of Kildare and Gilla na Náem Úa Duinn' in Michael Richter and Jean-Michel Picard (eds.) ''Ogma: essays in Celtic studies in honour of Próinséas Ní Chatháin'' (Dublin, 2002) pp. 105–111
* ''Medieval sub-kingdoms of
Brega: The kingships of Calatruim, Déssi Breg, Mugdornae Breg and Uí maic Uais Breg'' in ''The Island of St. Patrick: Church and ruling dynasties in
Fingal and
Meath, 400-1148,'' pp. 38–51,
Ailbhe MacShamhráin, Four Courts Press, Dublin, 2005. .
For the following see ''The Kingship and Landscape of Tara,'' below.
** Níell cáich úa Néill nasctar géill':The political context of 'Baile Chuinn Chétchthaig,'' pp. 49-68;
** ''Baile Chuinn Chétchthaig'': Edition with Kevin Murray, pp. 73-94.
** ''The Airgíalla Charter Poem: The political context'', pp. -157.
** ''The Airgíalla Charter Poem'': Edition with Kevin Murray, pp. 124-158.
** ''The Medieval Kingdom of
Brega,'' pp. 410-422.
Books
* ''The Kingship and Landscape of Tara,'' (ed.), Four Courts Press for the Discovery Programme, Dublin, 2005.
* ''Ireland AD400-1000. Landscape, kingship and religion'' Four Courts Press, Dublin, 2014
References
Living people
20th-century Irish historians
21st-century Irish historians
Academics of University College Dublin
Irish non-fiction writers
Year of birth missing (living people)
Place of birth missing (living people)
Irish-language writers
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