Medieval Ireland. An Encyclopedia

LEBOR NA HUIDRE longer be determined. A copy of the longest medieval Irish narrative, Táin Bó Cúailnge(“The Cattle Raid of Cúail ...

LECAN, BOOK OF Ó Concheanainn has claimed. In truth, however, the early history of the manuscript is hazy and the textual eviden ...

or quasi-historical slant. The volume opens (fols. 1–13v, 16v–21v) with two slightly differing copies of the B-version of Lebar ...

LEINSTER LEINSTER Leinster, or Cóiced Laigen (the Fifth of the Laigin), is one of the ancient provinces of Ireland. The dominant ...

toHenry VIII of England. The O’Byrnes had lands in the southern Wicklow Mountains and in Críoch Branach (O’Byrne Territory) on t ...

LEINSTER , BOOK OF irregular sections, leading him to opine that this was not intended as a single manuscript. It now contains 4 ...

with a good contrast between thick and thin strokes. T also writes the Osraige genealogies; he fills blanks and writes some brid ...

LETH CUINN AND LETH MOGA Leth Cuinn Leth Cuinn, “Conn’s Half,” the northern half of Ireland. The Connachta derive their name fro ...

Shannon—the Dál gCáis. From them came Brian Bórumha mac Cennétig (Brian Boru) who was argu- ably the first effective high king o ...

LIMERICK which they had” (AFM). Like his great-grandfather, Muirchertach had a Shannon fleet, probably based in Limerick, and us ...

Tadc Luimnig (d. 1317, AI) may have been born in the city. Fighting around Limerick in 1313 appears to have involved rival Uí Br ...

LISMORE, BOOK OF References and Further Reading Curtis, Edmund. “The viceroyalty of Lionel, duke of Clarence in Ireland, 1361–13 ...

Acallam na Senórach (Colloquy of the Ancients), an important collection of material relating to the legend- ary Fionn mac Cumhai ...

LÓEGAIRE MAC NÉILL He was responsible for ensuring that defendants were summoned to court, the execution of court process agains ...

associate the founder of the local dynasty with the saint, the date of whose arrival in Ireland had been set at 432. Lóegaire pl ...

LYRICS In 1254, Henry III endowed the future Edward I with wide territories that included the lordship of Ireland. However the l ...

LYRICS and internal alliteration. The earliest example is the eulogy to Colm Cille, composed by Eochaid Dallán Forgaill circa 60 ...

LYRICS References and Further Reading Greene, D. and O’Connor, F. A golden treasury of Irish poetry: A.D. 600 to 1200. London: M ...

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M MAC AODHAGÁIN (Mac EGAIN) Although members of the Clann Aodhagáin are on record as poets, clerics, and other professionals—not ...