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.
Author(s): Edel Bhreathnach
Publisher: Four Courts Press
Year: 2005
Language: English
Pages: 432
City: Dublin
Cover
Half-title page
Title page
Copyright page
Contents
Preface
Introduction
Acknowledgments
Editorial Conventions
List of Contributors
List of Illustrations
Abbreviations
Part 1: Kingship
Kingship in Early Ireland
Tara and the Supernatural
Níell cáich úa Néill nasctar géill: the Political Context of Baile Chuinn Chétchathaig
The Manuscript Tradition of Baile Chuinn Chétchathaig and its Relationship with Baile in Scáil
Baile Chuinn Chétchathaig: Edition
The Airgíalla Charter Poem: The Political Context
The Airgíalla Charter Poem: The Legal Content
The Airgíalla Charter Poem: Edition
Prosopography I
Prosopography II
Re-composing the Archaeological Landscape of Tara
Part 2: Landscape
The Medieval Kingdom of Brega
Significance and Etymology of the Placename Temair
Temair/Tara and Other Places of the Name
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