Title: Ireland-lnks
Subject: A set of web links to information on medieval Ireland by Dame Aoife Finn of Ynos Mon.
Author: Edited by Mark S. Harris
Last saved by: Mark S. Harris
Keywords: Ireland, web, link, bibliography, food, culture, medieval

Ireland-lnks – 12/25/03

A set of web links to information on medieval Ireland by Dame Aoife Finn of Ynos Mon.

NOTE: See also the files: Ireland-msg, cl-Ireland-msg, fd-Ireland-msg, Vikg-n-Irelnd-art, Irish-Vik-fst-art, SI-songbook1-art, Zoomorphics-art, names-Irish-msg.

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    Mark S. Harris                  AKA:  THLord Stefan li Rous
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From: "Lis" <liontamr at ptd.net>
Date: Mon May 19, 2003  7:18:50 PM US/Central
To: "Stefan li Rous" <StefanliRous at austin.rr.com> 
Subject: Links: Medieval Ireland

Greetings everyone. This week's Links list is about Medieval Ireland. The
internet is a virtual treasure trove (pun intended :) of information on
medieval Ireland. You must use your own judgement on whether or not it is
reliable---This subject *espescially* seems to generate a lot of garbage,
which I shall attribute to my ancestors glib tongues and easy way with
words. Below are about 33 sources for information on Medieval and
Renaissance Ireland---I even found a little bit on Medieval Irish Food
(Thanks to Stefan's Florilegium in particular). There is also some costuming
help and information, as well as a great article on popular Irish names. For
costuming help please also see Sharon Krossa's Medieval Scotland site on
last week's Links list, for her information crosses over the culture boundry
a little and applies somewhat to Ireland as well as Scotland.

I thought I should note that in my searches I came up with a great many hits
for BOOKS about Medieval Ireland, so it is worth it to visit Amazon.com or
Borders websites, and the like, to see what they can unearth about Medieval
Ireland, and then if you'd like those books for free or nearly free,
printing out the list of hits and taking it to your local library for
direct- or inter-library-loan.

I know of several people who have made a study of various aspects of Medieval
Ireland: I'd like to urge those folks (you know who you are) to web your
information or send it to the Florilegium for webbing. It seems the internet
needs your information, because many of the hits I found were messages from
folks who were looking for the names/interpretations of sources, or
information on basic Irish history and  every day life. There seems to be a
great hunger out there for reliable Irish History Information. If you are
knowledgeable, Please share :).

Cheers

Aoife

Yahoogroup: Early Medieval Ireland
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Early-Medieval-Ireland/
(Site Excerpt) Early Medieval Ireland [EMI] is a moderated forum for the
discussion of topics relating to the history and archaeology of Early
Medieval Ireland, c.400AD - c.1200AD. Related subjects such as post-Roman
European history, late iron age Ireland, are acceptable where they bear some
relevance to the core purpose of the list.

Peritia Homepage
http://www.ucc.ie/peritia/
(Site Excerpt) The word peritia means `skill, expertise, knowledge' and in
Hiberno-Latin it means `historical knowledge', Irish senchas. In the case of
Ireland, Peritia sees the vernacular and Latin traditions, usually separated
by disciplinary boundaries, as expressions of a single cultural entity. It
publishes on all medieval periods but it has tended to concentrate on the
earlier middle ages and has devoted very considerable space to law,
hagiography, palaeography, computistics, institutional history, literary
history, and art and archaeology.

About.com Medieval Ireland
http://historymedren.about.com/cs/medievalireland/

The Case for the "Celtic Church," a thesis by Allison Carroll
http://dcn.davis.ca.us/~lacarrol/thesis.html

Book of Kells Images
http://www.dubois.ws/people/paul/kells/

The True Story of What the Irish Wore.
http://www.reconstructinghistory.com/irish/medieval.html
see also The Moy Gown http://www.reconstructinghistory.com/irish/moy.html

Medieval Irish Coins
http://www.lotn.org/~calkinsc/coins/4501.html

Early Medieval Ireland
http://www.maqqi.supanet.com/history/earlymedieval.htm
(Site Excerpt) The period from approximately 400-1200AD sees the appearance
of the first written works in Ireland, with the exception of the earliest
ogam inscriptions, and thus marks the beginnings of Irish history. The
picture that the texts reveal is of a complex, structured society with
detailed laws, and a full and skillfully crafted literature. It also shows
us a society in constant change. The period also sees the arrival and spread
of Christianity, the consolidation of the multiplicity of petty kingdoms and
the rise of Ireland's most successful and well-known ruling family - the Ui
Neill, the impact of Viking raids and, later, settlement, the rise of urban
centers, the introduction of coinage, and the arrival of the Anglo-Normans.
This constant change is reflected also in the language of the people, moving
with remarkable rapidity from Archaic to Old to Middle Irish, and also the
demise of the ogam script in favour of the Roman.

Settlement and Society in Medieval Ireland
http://www.xs4all.nl/~tbreen/Journals/FX.html
A bibliography of material on the topic.

100 Most Popular Men's Names in Early Medieval Ireland
compiled by Heather Rose Jones
(ska Tangwystyl verch Morgant Glasvryn,((email address deleted))
copyright c 1998, all rights reserved
http://www.sca.org/heraldry/laurel/names/irish100.html
(Site Excerpt) The following list contains the (slightly less than) one
hundred most common masculine given names in M.A. O'Brien's Corpus
Genealogiarum Hiberniae (Dublin: Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies,
1976), a collection of Irish genealogical material from the pre-Norman
period (i.e., roughly pre-12th century). While O'Brien's collection includes
some legendary genealogies, the "popularity" requirement for this selection
should filter out any questionable names.
The complete collection contains roughly 10,000 masculine names, so even the
most popular name in this list represents only about 2.5% of the total.
Needless to say, this selection only represents a small number of the names
in the original document, and some "old favorites" will not have made the
cut, however it provides a selection of names that were very typical in the
early medieval period in Ireland.

Warfare in Medieval Ireland
http://www.deremilitari.org/irelandwarfare.htm
A Bibliographyof sources

Ireland (Hibernia)
Early Medieval Period: 400 - 1200 A.D.
http://www.geocities.com/mariamnephilemon/names/medievalnames/early_med_eire.html
(Site Excerpt)  During the time of Niall Naoighiallach of the Nine Hostages
(d. 405 A.D.), the Irish were great seamen. They were feared along the
coasts of Wales and south-western England. By the 5th century, Ireland was
described as having five kingdoms: Mumha, Ulaid, Connachta, Laighin, and
Midhe. Ulaid, Connachta, and Laighin were named after the founding tribes.
These names survive in the present provinces of Munster, Ulster, Connacht,
and Leinster. In time, Ulaidh split into three kingdoms: Aileach in the
west, Oirghialla in the middle, and Ulaid in the east.(3)

Early Medieval Resources for Britain, Ireland and Brittany
http://members.aol.com/michellezi/resources-index.html

A Guide to Irish Culture on the Web:
http://www.irishcultureguide.com/historymedieval.html
(Site Excerpt of "Medieval" Menu) History Medieval Ireland
Earl of Desmond
Early Medieval Irish Clothing
Irish Hammered Coinage c.995-1660
Medieval Dublin
Medieval Irish Plea Rolls
The Bull of Pope Adrian

Medieval Ireland:
Warriors, Saints and Scholars  ( A course offered by NYU)
http://www.nyu.edu/classes/overbey/warriors.html#requiredtexts
See espescially the "required texts" and "reserve reading" sections for
sources.

Hiberno-Norman French: A Bibliography in Progress
http://www.ucc.ie/celt/hibfrbib.html

a History of the irish race: Learning in Mediaeval Ireland
http://www.ireland.org/irl_hist/hist21.htm
(Site Excerpt) After the defeat of the Norsemen by King Brian at the Battle
of Clontarf (1014) there was a flowering of the National Mind in literature.
So the political freedom of the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries saw a
re-birth of intellectual, as well as of agricultural and commercial activity
in Ireland. It was a Golden Age of Gaelic Literature. As the wider gates of
Irelands commerce opened on the South and West coasts, so her scholars,
pilgrims. Clerics and craftsmen followed in the wake of her merchants,
through the Gaulish seas into France and Italy.

Medieval Sourcebook: Gerald of Wales:
The Norman Conquest of Ireland (12th Century)
http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/source/geraldwales1.html
(Site Excerpt) Gerald of Wales (1146-1223), bishop of noble extraction, in
his histories, left an account of the Norman invasion and conquest of
Ireland. The Irish conquest was an extension of the conquest of Wales - an
activity of Norman lords in the marches who were acting more or less
independently of the crown. Once successful, their conquests were adopted by
Henry II. account of this event, of which the following excerpts tell us
something of its earlier phases. It was a Norman not an "English" effort,
and it is interesting to note that the Fitzgerald family, here represented
by Maurice Fitzgerald, who are the ancestors of John and Robert Kennedy,
first appeared in Ireland as Anglo-Norman invaders and conquerors of the
native Irish population.

Ireland's History in Maps Bibliography
http://www.rootsweb.com/~irlkik/ihm/biblio.htm

Map of Ireland c. 1500
http://renaissance.dm.net/compendium/map-ireland1500.html

Historic Irish Castles
http://www.historic.irishcastles.com/

Chronicon: An Electronic History Journal Published by the
Department of History University College Cork Ireland
http://www.ucc.ie/ucc/chronicon/
(Site Excerpt) Chronicon is an electronic journal of history. It is
published annually and is freely available on the Internet. The journal
publishes articles relating to history--ancient, medieval and modern--but
with a particular focus on Irish history. It contains reviews of
publications and notices of scholarly developments. The journal will provide
a forum for scholars to exchange views on matters of topical interest.

Medeival Sourcebook Selected Sources: Celtic States
http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/sbook1o.html
A list of sources for further study, most online.

The Archaeology of Ancient Ireland
http://mockingbird.creighton.edu/english/micsun/IrishResources/archaeol.htm
(Site Excerpt) Food and farming. Archaeological evidence in this matter is
meagre before the Christian era, and depends at its earliest stages on the
study of plant pollen. Cereal grains--oats, barley, wheat--were an important
part of the diet. Sheep, goats, and swine were also raised for food and
leather (and in the case of sheep and goats, milk and wool or hair). Cattle,
however, were the most important domestic animals, with milk and other dairy
products furnishing very important staple foods. Meat from cattle was also
important, but the absence of refrigeration made the slaughtering of a large
animal a more occasional matter. Hides, too, were an important byproduct.
There is little mention of chickens in the earliest legal texts (Edwards
59), and in general the importance of domestic fowl and eggs in the diet of
the time is unclear. The potato was unknown in Ireland until it was brought
back from South America at a much later time.

Irish Archaeology & History Mailing list Suite (IAHMS)
http://www.celts.org/IAHMS.htm
This page is essentially a list of mailing lists sorted according to Irish
Archaeological ages.

ORB: The Medieval Celtic Fringe
A Guide to Online Resources
Section Editor: Christopher A. Snyder, Acting Chair, Department of History
and Politics, Marymount University
http://orb.rhodes.edu/encyclop/early/origins/rom_celt/celtic.html
(Site Excerpt) In the early Middle Ages, Celtic-speaking populations
survived in an even smaller fringe, which included Ireland (which was never
conquered by the Romans), Cornwall, the Isle of Man, and Wales and Scotland
(whose mountainous regions never became Romanized), as well as Brittany in
western Gaul (settled by Britons in the fifth and sixth centuries AD).
Celtic languages predominated in these areas throughout the medieval period,
a period in which Christianity mixed with indigenous pagan custom to produce
a unique and dynamic culture.  The Age of the Saints in the early Celtic
churches, which lasted up to the Viking invasions of the ninth century,
produced such figures as Patrick, Brigid, David, and Columba.

Stefan's Florilegium, Food In Ireland
http://www.florilegium.org/files/FOOD-BY-REGION/fd-Ireland-msg.html
This is a compilation of messages Stefan has collected on the subject of
Food in Medieval Ireland. There is a great deal of good information here. I
heartily recomend wading through it to get the the wheat of the matter,
despite the presence of a very little chaff :)

A Little History of Irish Food: Poultry and Eggs
 http://www.rte.ie/tv/alittlehistoryofirishfood/fowlfacts.html
(Site Excerpt) Dovecotes play an important role because of the need in
Ireland for winter food. Dovecotes served as a larder in which pigeons could
be taken at will in the winter. Pigeons breed five to six times a year and
many dovecotes being built in England and Ireland could house as many as
three hundred or more pairs.
(Ed: PLEASE also see the links to the left of the page: "Meat, Fish, Dairy,
Cereal, Fruit/Veg, The Potato," (ed: Bah!) and "Wild Food").

ORB: Old Irish and Early Christian Ireland: A Basic Bibliography
http://orb.rhodes.edu/bibliographies/oldirish.html

ORB: WEMSK39:Celtic Literature
http://orb.rhodes.edu/wemsk/celticlitwemsk.html
(Site Excerpt) There is, of course, no Proto-Celtic literature, though there
have
been attempts to reconstruct some of it. When I posted a similar
bibliography to medtextl back in August, 1991, a number of
medtextlers, particularly Charlie Wright (Irish) and Paul Schaffner
(Welsh), posted more extensive bibliographies and additions; the
medtextl archives will contain these, and I suggest you look
there.] 1. Bibliographies: (Ed: follows an extensive list of sources,
deleted for the purpose of this excerpt).

ORB: Lectures for A Medieval Survey by Lynn H. Nelson THE RISE OF
MONASTICISM
http://orb.rhodes.edu/textbooks/Nelson/monasticism.html
This paper is included because of it's treatment of Saint Patrick.

Project Gutenberg: The King of Ireland's Son
http://www.ibiblio.org/gutenberg/cgi-bin/sdb/t9.cgi?entry=3495&full=yes&ftpsite=http://www.ibiblio.org/gutenberg/
Please beware of wrapped text in URLS via email.Often times the "wrapped"
bit is dropped fromt he hotlink. It is best to copy-paste the URL. Failing
that method, simply go to http://www.ibiblio.org/gutenberg/ and in the Title
search, leave the author blank and type Ireland into the Title Words box.
(Site Excerpt of notes on this downloadable book of Irish Folk
Tales --written down in modern time but based upon historic texts) Contents:
Fedelma, the enchanters's daughter -- When the king of the cats came to king
connal's dominion -- The sword of light and the unique tale, with as much of
the adventures of Gilly of the Goatskin as is given in "The cranskin
book" -- The town of the red castle -- The king of the land of mist -- The
house of crom duv -- The spae-woman.

Medieval Sourcebook:
Bede: The Life and Miracles of St. Cuthbert, Bishop of Lindesfarne (721)
http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/basis/bede-cuthbert.html
(Site Excerpt) Bede was born in 673, in Northumberland, became a monk and
died at Jarrow in 735. His modern feast day is May 25. He was one of the
most important intellects, and most prolific writers of his time. Among his
other accomplishments was in becoming the only Englishman in Dante's Divine
Comedy. His most important work his is History of the English Church and
People, but he wrote many others - biblical commentaries and hagiography in
particular.

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