Adomnán's Lex Innocentium and the Laws of War

Adomnán of Iona

Theologian, lawmaker, peacemaker

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With Rodney Aist, Thomas Clancy & Thomas O'Loughlin. The abbot of Iona in the late 7th century, Adomnán, a kinsmen of the founder St Columba, was one...
Author/Editor: Jonathan Wooding, editor

A dictionary of Irish saints

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Scarcely a parish in Ireland is without one or more dedications to saints, in the form of churches in ruins, holy wells or other ecclesiastical monuments. Professor Pádraig...
Author/Editor: Pádraig Ó Riain

Saint Brigid of Kildare

Life, legend and cult

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Despite being the female patron saint of Ireland and one of the most remarkable women in Irish history, St Brigid has always been an elusive figure. Some...
Author/Editor: Noel Kissane

Prophecy and kingship in Adomnán's 'Life of Saint Columba'

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This book offers a new interpretation of Adomnán’s 'Life of Saint Columba', a crucial source for the study of early Irish and north British history. Whereas previous...
Author/Editor: Michael J. Enright

Adomnán at Birr, AD 697

Essays in commemoration of the Law of the Innocents

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In 697 Adomnán, the Abbot of Iona, promulgated a 'law' at the synod held in Birr. This Law, known as the Cáin Adomnán or Lex Innocentium, was...
Author/Editor: Thomas O'Loughlin, editor

A history of the Irish Red Cross

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Since its establishment in 1939, the Irish Red Cross Society (IRCS) has played a key part in the medical, social, religious, cultural, political and diplomatic history of twentieth-century...
Author/Editor: Shane Lehane