Tristernagh Priory, Co. Westmeath

Medieval and monastic Derry

Sixth century to 1600

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According to legend, Derry originated as a monastery founded by St Columba/Colum Cille. That story was almost certainly a later rationalization and simplification of a complex reality arising...
Author/Editor: Brian Lacey

Medieval Irish buildings, 1100–1600

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The Irish landscape is dotted with thousands of medieval buildings, most of them in ruins. They are an invaluable resource, individually and collectively, for making sense of medieval...
Author/Editor: Tadhg O'Keeffe

The Nugents of Westmeath and Queen Elizabeth's Irish primer

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This is the first in-depth study of the oldest surviving ‘beginner’s guide’ to the Irish language. Christopher Nugent, baron of Delvin, presented Queen Elizabeth I with an Irish...
Author/Editor: Denis Casey

Medieval Fore, County Westmeath

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In the history of Norman monasteries founded in Ireland, the Benedictine priory of Fore stands apart. While many foundations were independent entities and others were cells or priories...
Author/Editor: Rory Masterson