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Seán Ó Hoireabhard discusses whether the medieval Irish Lebor na Cert ‘The Book of Rights’, with its many flaws, can be regarded as a reliable historical source.

Report shows how 63 states, largely European, sustained the genocide against Palestinians while Arab states failed to take ‘decisive action’

The divorce of the Northern and Southern Uí Néill in the Central Middle Ages by Seán Ó Hoireabhárd

If you know nothing else about medieval European illuminated manuscripts, you surely know the Book of Kells. “One of Ireland’s greatest cultural treasures” comments Medievalists.net, “it is set apart ...

This book examines the history of a pioneering Thoroughbred horse breeding operation, the Irish National Stud.

SEÁN Ó HOIREABHÁRD Liverpool University Press £125 ISBN 9781835538449 REVIEWED BY Simon Egan Simon Egan is a lecturer in Medieval Irish History at Queen’s University Belfast. It is no exaggeration to ...

On the eve of the English invasion (1169), Ireland’s marriage practices were regarded as barbarous and scandalous by contemporary European ecclesiastics. But were they really so divergent, and if so, ...

Podcast Episode · The Medieval Irish History Podcast · 28/02/2025 · 43m

Professor Elizabeth Boyle offers a commentary on the historicity of the play "Lafracoth" in this essay. Professor Boyle's most recently preferred scholarly work is: History and Salvation in Medieval I...