The Fermanagh Miscellany 2.
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Publisher : John Cunningham
Page : 92 pages
File Size : 37,9 MB
Release : 2010
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Publisher : John Cunningham
Page : 92 pages
File Size : 37,9 MB
Release : 2010
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Author : Martyn Murray
Publisher : Fernhurst Books Limited
Page : 373 pages
File Size : 28,23 MB
Release : 2017-10-10
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 1912177315
Martyn Murray was finding modern life, with all its restrictions and controls, suffocating. Following years of soul-searching, his father's death triggered him into opening the old logbooks and charts to retrace the sailing trips they had once shared together. He determined to revisit those waters and bring home the freedom of the seas. Falling in love with an old ketch in Ireland, he bought and restored her enough to sail back to Scotland. Over the next two summers he cruised Scotland's Western Isles, with one goal: to reach St Kilda – the remotest part of the British Isles, 40 miles from the Outer Hebrides. During his cruising he considered the islanders and their sense of freedom – often restricted by absentee landlords and officialdom. He railed against bureaucracy and commercial enterprise restricting the yachtsman's ability to roam free. For parts of his journey he was joined by the beguiling Kyla; a rare, independent spirit who both excited and frustrated Martyn. But much of Martyn's voyaging was undertaken alone, encountering a variety of places, situations and characters along the way. He attempted his long-awaited sail out to St Kilda through the teeth of a storm, believing that achieving this feat would bring him the freedom and clarity that he craved. What he came up against was far more testing and turbulent than the tides and gales of the North Atlantic. As he sailed back to the mainland things fell into place: a sense of achievement in completing the arduous voyage alone, but – most of all – an understanding of who he is, clarity on his relationship with Kyla and a real sense of his own freedom.
Author : Katharine Simms
Publisher : Boydell & Brewer Ltd
Page : 208 pages
File Size : 45,93 MB
Release : 2000
Category : History
ISBN : 9780851157849
Native Irish chieftains, not totally subdued after the Norman invasion of Ireland, recovered a measure of their power in the later middle ages; unfamiliar sources illuminate developments. The Norman invasion of Ireland (1169) did not result in a complete conquest, and those native Irish chieftains who retained independent control of their territories achieved a recovery of power in the later middle ages. KatharineSimms studies the experience of the resurgent chieftains, who were undergoing significant developments during this period. The most obvious signs of change were the gradual disappearance of the title ri (king), and the ubiquitouspresence of mercenary soldiers. On a deeper level, the institution of kingship itself had died, as is shown by this study of the election and inauguration of Irish kings, their counsellors, officials, vassals, army, and sources ofrevenue, as they evolved between the twelfth and sixteenth centuries. Sources such as the Irish chronicles, bardic poetry, genealogies, brehon charters and rentals, family-tract and sagas are all used, in addition to the more familiar evidence of the Anglo-Norman administration, the Church, and Tudor state papers. Dr KATHARINE SIMMS lectures in the Department of Medieval History, Trinity College, Dublin.
Author : Eileen M. Murphy
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Page : 730 pages
File Size : 18,75 MB
Release : 2004
Category : History
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Page : 938 pages
File Size : 44,39 MB
Release : 1927
Category : Bar associations
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Page : 494 pages
File Size : 11,82 MB
Release : 1987
Category : Ireland
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Author : Marion Dowd
Publisher : Oxbow Books
Page : 335 pages
File Size : 34,85 MB
Release : 2015-01-31
Category : History
ISBN : 1782978143
The Archaeology of Caves in Ireland is a ground-breaking and unique study of the enigmatic, unseen and dark silent world of caves. People have engaged with caves for the duration of human occupation of the island, spanning 10,000 years. In prehistory, subterranean landscapes were associated with the dead and the spirit world, with evidence for burials, funerary rituals and votive deposition. The advent of Christianity saw the adaptation of caves as homes and places of storage, yet they also continued to feature in religious practice. Medieval mythology and modern folklore indicate that caves were considered places of the supernatural, being particularly associated with otherworldly women. Through a combination of archaeology, mythology and popular religion, this book takes the reader on a fascinating journey that sheds new light on a hitherto neglected area of research. It encourages us to consider what underground activities might reveal about the lives lived aboveground, and leaves us in no doubt as to the cultural significance of caves in the past.
Author : Daibhi O. Croinin
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 1017 pages
File Size : 10,26 MB
Release : 2005
Category : Ireland
ISBN : 019821751X
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Page : 654 pages
File Size : 44,72 MB
Release : 1969
Category : Celtic languages
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Author : Kentucky. State Library
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Page : 104 pages
File Size : 18,47 MB
Release : 1877
Category : Law
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