Princes, Prelates and Poets in Medieval Ireland : Essays in Honour of Katharine Simms

This volume is one of the largest and most authoritative collections of essays that have been published in many years on the theme of medieval Ireland. Presented to mark the retirement of Katharine Simms, the doyenne of studies of Gaelic Irish society in the later Middle Ages, the book's contents congregate around themes that have characterized Simms' landmark contributions to the field - from the changing function of kingship and lordship in Gaelic and Anglo-Norman Ireland, to the organization of the medieval Irish church, to the examination of the formation and achievement of Ireland's learned classes, particularly the poets. Published To Mark The Retirement Of Katharine Simms, This Volume Presents A Comprehensive Collection Of Essays On The Theme Of Medieval Ireland. Medieval Irish Genealogies And Genetics / Bart Jaski -- Interlaced Scholarship : Genealogies And Genetics In Twenty-first-century Ireland / Catherine Swift -- The Two Colmáns / Eoin O'flynn -- Re-examining Cáin In Scotland In The Twelfth And Thirteenth Centuries / Dauvit Broun -- William Gorm De Lacy : 'chiefest Champion In These Parts Of Europe' / Colin Veach And Freya Verstraten Veach -- A Register Of Lost Deeds Relating To The Earldom Of Ulster, C.1230-1376 / Robin Frame -- Unity In Diversity : A Comparative Analysis Of Thirteenth-century Kilkenny, Kalkar And Sopron / Anngret Simms -- The Turnberry Band / Seán Duffy -- Two Lists Of Ó Dubhda Chieftains Of Uí Fhiachrach / Nollaig Ó Muraile -- James The Usurper Of Desmond And The Origins Of The Talbot-ormond Feud / Peter Crooks -- The Murder Of John Dowdall, Sheriff Of Louth, 1402 / Brendan Smith -- Irish Kings And Carinthian Dukes : John Lynch Revisited / Annette Kehnel -- St. Patrick And The Kings / Donnchadh Ó Corráin --^ The Authority Of The Contemplative In Muirchú's Life Of Patrick / Damian Bracken -- 'irish Pilgrimage' : A Romantic Misconception / Stephanie Hayes-healy -- Quo Vadis? Mapping The Irish 'monastic Town' / Howard B. Clarke -- Church Reform In Connacht / Helen Perros-walton -- Ailbe Ua Máel Muaid, Uí Chennselaig And The Vitae Sanctorum Hiberniae / Ailbhe Macshamhráin -- Heresy In Ireland In The Thirteenth And Fourteenth Centuries / Bernadette Williams --the Medieval Bishops Of Elphin And The Lost Church At Kilteasheen / Thomas Finan -- A Medieval Bronze Pax From Dunbrody Abbey, Co. Wexford, And The Fate Of Ornamenta From Suppressed Religious Houses In Ireland / Raghnall Ó Floinn -- The Court Poet In Early Ireland / Alex Woolf -- The World Of Medieval Irish Learning / Edel Bhreathnach -- Some Observations On An Unpublished Version Of The Gospel Of Nicodemus / Caoimhín Breatnach -- A Cosmological Poem Attributed To Moses / John Carey --^ RuaidhríÓ Caiside's Contribution To The Annals Of Ulster / Daniel Mccarthy -- The Landscape And Settlements Of The Uí Dhálaigh Poets Of Muinter Bháire / Elizabeth Fitzpatrick -- The Uí Dhomhnaill And Their Books In Early Sixteenth-century Ireland / Bernadette Cunningham And Raymond Gillespie -- Ave Reversing Eva : Miscellanea On Marian Devotion In Irish Bardic Poetry / Damian Mcmanus -- The Portrayal Of Women In Medieval Irish Religious Poetry / Kevin Murray -- 'once I Heard A Story ... From Scripture Does It Come' : Biblical Allusions In Irish Bardic Religious Poetry / Salvador Ryan -- Tadhg Ó Rodaighe And His School : Aspects Of Patronage And Poetic Practice At The Close Of The Bardic Era / Pádraig Ó Macháin -- Dán Árais, 1644 / Dáibhí Ó Cróinin. Seán Duffy. Includes Bibliographical References And Index. Cover 1 Half-title page 2 Dedication 3 Title page 4 Copyright 5 Contents 6 Foreword 10 Editor’s preface 12 Abbreviations 15 Notes on contributors 24 1. Medieval Irish genealogies and genetics 28 2. Interlaced scholarship: genealogies and genetics in twenty-first-century Ireland 43 3. The two Colmáns 57 4. Re-examining cáin in Scotland in the twelfth and thirteenth centuries 71 5. William Gorm de Lacy: ‘chiefest champion in these parts of Europe' 88 6. A register of lost deeds relating to the earldom of Ulster, c.1230-1376 110 7. Unity in diversity: a comparative analysis of thirteenth-century Kilkenny, Kalkar and Sopron 132 8. The Turnberry Band 149 9. Two lists of Ó Dubhda chieftains of Uí Fhiachrach 164 10. James the Usurper of Desmond and the origins of the Talbot-Ormond feud 184 11. The murder of John Dowdall, sheriff of Louth, 1402 210 12. Irish kings and Carinthian dukes: John Lynch revisited 221 13. St Patrick and the kings 236 14. The authority of the contemplative in Muirchú’s Life of Patrick 246 15. ‘Irish pilgrimage’: a romantic misconception 266 16. Quo vadis? Mapping the Irish ‘monastic town’ 286 17. Church reform in Connacht 304 18. Ailbe Ua Máel Muaid, Uí Chennselaig and the Vitae Sanctorum Hiberniae 334 19. Heresy in Ireland in the thirteenth and fourteenth centuries 364 20. The medieval bishops of Elphin and the lost church at Kilteasheen 377 21. A medieval bronze pax from Dunbrody Abbey, Co.Wexford, and the fate of ornamenta from supressed religious houses in Ireland 387 22. The court poet in early Ireland 402 23. The world of medieval Irish learning 414 24. Some observations on an unpublished version of the Gospel of Nicodemus 431 25. A cosmological poem attributed to Moses 437 26. Ruaidhrí Ó Caiside’s contribution to the Annals of Ulster 469 27. The landscape and settlements of the Uí Dhálaigh poets of Muinter Bháire 485 28. The Uí Dhomhnaill and their books in early sixteenth-century Ireland 506 29. AVE reversing EVA: miscellanea on Marian devotion in Irish bardic poetry 528 30. The portrayal of women in medieval Irish religious poetry 539 31. ‘Once I heard a story ... from scripture does it come’: biblical allusions in Irish bardic religious poetry 549 32. Tadhg Ó Rodaighe and his school: aspects of patronage and poetic practice at the close of the bardic era 563 33. Dán Áráis, 1654 577 A bibliography of the published writings of Katharine Simms (to 2012) 586 Index 594 Plates 625