This monograph provides the first book-length transnational history of the Marshal family between the 1189 marriage of the flower of chivalry William Marshal to…
This volume contains an abundance of new scholarship to shed light on Dublin’s fascinating medieval past, including reports of major archaeological excavations:…
Moynagh Lough is one of the most important archaeological sites ever excavated in Ireland. Situated in the rolling terrain of north Co. Meath, it preserves an e…
While ‘an Englishman’s home is his castle’, in Ireland virtually all castles were built for defensive purposes. The medieval castles of Ireland traces the devel…
Shortlisted for the Michel Déon Prize for non-fiction. Winner to be announced in October 2026. Click below for a sneaky glimpse of the insides of this stunning…
Cenél nEógain, a royal dynasty from Inishowen in Donegal, defeated its previously more successful opponent, Cenél Conaill – also from Donegal – at the battle of…
This, the twentieth volume in the series, is the most ambitious yet. It presents a rich variety of new scholarly explorations of life in medieval Dublin, includ…
This book represents the first interdisciplinary study of early Irish kingship. Kingship represents the core institution and central problem of early medieval I…
New paperback edition Burial rites and associated events can provide a unique insight into the attitudes and beliefs of diverse communities at any given moment…
Dedicated to John Waddell, Emeritus Professor of Archaeology at the University of Galway, an internationally renowned and popular scholar whose long career and …
Dún na nGall, the Irish name for ‘Donegal’, translates as ‘Fort of the Foreigners’, but who were the foreigners in question? This book considers that they were …
When the Dominicans arrived in Dublin in 1224, they established a house on the north bank of the river Liffey next to the bridge where the Four Courts are situa…
