Discovering Medieval Ferns, Co. Wexford

Carrick, County Wexford

Ireland’s first Anglo-Norman stronghold

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Carrick, Co. Wexford, is one of the most enigmatic and misunderstood medieval sites in Ireland. Built in the autumn and winter of 1169 by Robert Fitz Stephen,...
Author/Editor: Denis Shine, Michael Potterton, Stephen Mandal & Catherine McLoughlin, editors

Arrogant Trespass

Anglo-Norman Wexford, 1169–1400

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Arrogant Trespass is the first sustained treatment of the Anglo-Normans in Wexford since Orpen's century-old work. Profusely illustrated, meticulously researched and tightly written, this model study has stood...
Author/Editor: Billy Colfer

William Marshal and Ireland

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This richly illustrated collection of essays examines for the first time the important Irish career of one of the most famous personalities of medieval Europe, William Marshal (c.1146–1219)....
Author/Editor: John Bradley, Cóilin Ó Drisceoil & Michael Potterton, editors

The history of Wexford Festival Opera, 1951–2021

In a place like no other

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In 1951, the first ever Wexford Opera Festival (now known as ‘Wexford Festival Opera’) took place in a small town in the southeast corner of Ireland. What...
Author/Editor: Karina Daly

Medieval Ireland

Territorial, political and economic divisions

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Describes, for the first time, the nature of the unique economic areal system of Gaelic Ireland as it developed and changed between the Early Medieval and Anglo-Norman...
Author/Editor: Paul MacCotter

Life and death in medieval Gaelic Ireland

The skeletons from Ballyhanna, Co. Donegal

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In 2003, the skeletal remains of some 1,300 individuals – men, women and children – were uncovered from Ballyhanna, near Ballyshannon in Co. Donegal. Radiocarbon dating indicates that...
Author/Editor: Catriona J. McKenzie & Eileen M. Murphy

Government, war and society in medieval Ireland

Essays by Edmund Curtis, A.J. Otway-Ruthven and James Lydon

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In the late twelfth century, Ireland was absorbed into the dominions of the kings of England. This transformed the social and political life of the island, with...
Author/Editor: Peter Crooks, editor

Dublin in the medieval world

Studies in honour of Howard B. Clarke

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This volume celebrates medieval Dublin. Among the many subjects and topics covered are the intellectual climate of Dublin in the 1970s, the exciting theme of cross cultural processes...
Author/Editor: John Bradley, Anngret Simms & Alan J. Fletcher, editors

Athassel Priory and the Cult of St Edmund in medieval Ireland

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The English royal saint Edmund, king and martyr (d. 869) was venerated in Ireland from at least the twelfth century, and Athassel priory in Co. Tipperary was...
Author/Editor: Francis Young