The Kingship and Landscape of TaraEdel Bhreathnach Four Courts Press for The Discovery Programme, 2005 - Всего страниц: 536 This volume is the culmination of an inter-disciplinary project undertaken as part of The Discovery Programme involving archaeologists, historians, linguists and place name experts. It includes prosopographies of the kings and queens of Tara from mythology to the eighth century; a re-assessment of the nature of the kingship of Tara; legal aspects of the kingship of Tara; the origin and extent of the place name Temair; Tara and the supernatural; the archaeology and topography of the kingdom of Brega; editions of two of the earliest texts relating to the kingship of Tara. This volume offers many new insights into prehistoric and medieval Tara. |
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Tara and the Supernatural | 32 |
the Political Context | 49 |
The Manuscript Tradition of Baile Chuinn Chétchathaig | 69 |
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According Áed Airgíalla ancestor annals appears associated Baile in Scáil Banshenchas battle Best Book of Lecan Brega brother Byrne Cenél Conaill Cenél nÉogain century Christian church claim Coirpre Colmán Conall Conn Cétchathach Connachta Cormac Corpus Dál daughter death Diarmait Dobbs Dublin dynasties Early Irish Eithne evidence father figure further genealogies given Hill identified important indicate interpretation Ireland king of Tara kingship kingship of Tara known Laigin land landscape later Lugaid Máel Maine marriage meaning Meath medieval Meyer Middle Irish mother Munster Niall noted O'Brien origin Patrick perhaps period poem possible probably Prose record reference reflect reign represented River royal saints seems Síl nÁedo Sláine sons sources story Studies suggests Temair Tírechán tradition Uí Néill Ulaid wife women