This book is the result of a conference held at University College, Cork, in May 1995. It was a UCC150 event and was dedicated to the scholarship of the late Professor M. J. O’Kelly; its organisers were assisted by members of the Student Archaeological Society under the Auditor, Marion Dowd. The conference was a success and it was decided to publish its proceedings. Most of the speakers contributed papers to the volume and several other scholars agreed to contribute to it as well. We hope that the intention of this book - to prompt debate on issues relating to Early Medieval studies, with particular reference to Munster - will be fulfilled.
Author(s): Michael A. Monk, John Sheehan (eds.)
Publisher: Cork University Press
Year: 1998
Language: English
Pages: 230
City: Cork
Preface ix
1. Research and Early Medieval Munster: Agenda or Vacuum? / MICHAEL A. MONK and JOHN SHEEHAN 1
2. Early Medieval Munster: Thoughts upon its Primary Christian Phase / CHARLES THOMAS 9
3. The Question of the 'Pre-Patrician' Saints of Munster / DAGMAR Ó RIAIN-RAEDEL 17
4. Munster Ogham Stones: Siting, Context and Function / FIONNBARR MOORE 23
5. Early Medieval Secular and Ecclesiastical Settlement in Munster / MICHAEL A. MONK 33
6. Wood and Woodlands in Early Medieval Munster / JOHN TIERNEY 53
7. Archaeozoological Studies and Early Medieval Munster / MARGARET MCCARTHY 59
8. Archaeobotanical Studies and Early Medieval Munster / MICHAEL A. MONK, JOHN TIERNEY and MARTHA HANNON 65
9. Porridges, Gruels and Breads: The Cereal Foodstuffs of Early Medieval Ireland / REGINA SEXTON 76
10. The Craft of the Millwright in Early Medieval Munster / COLIN RYNNE 87
11. Illaunloughan, Co. Kerry: An Island Hermitage / JENNY WHITE MARSHALL and CLAIRE WALSH 102
12. Architectural Traditions of the Early Medieval Church in Munster / TADHG O’KEEFFE 112
13. Ireland's Earliest 'Celtic' High Crosses: The Ossory and Related Crosses / ETIENNE RYNNE 125
14. Late High Crosses in Munster: Tradition and Novelty in Twelfth-Century Irish Art / RHODA CRONIN 138
15. Viking Age Hoards from Munster: A Regional Tradition? / JOHN SHEEHAN 147
16. Viking Age Towns: Archaeological Evidence from Waterford and Cork / MAURICE F. HURLEY 164
17. Nationalists, Archaeologists and the Myth of the Golden Age / JERRY O’SULLIVAN 178
18. Theory and Politics in Early Medieval Irish Archaeology / MICHAEL TIERNEY 190
19. Early Medieval Munster: Summary and Prospect / NANCY EDWARDS 200
List of Illustrations 206
Contributors 208
Index 209
