Links to Medieval Ireland Articles

[Niall - Na Degad]

Just to get the ball rolling on this area here are a few links people might find interesting regarding Medieval Ireland.

The Hobelar
http://www.scottishhistory.com/articles/independence/_derived/sourcecontrol_hobelar.htm

Medieval Irish Plea Rolls (PDF)
http://www.nationalarchives.ie/topics/Medieval_plea_rolls/Medieval_Irish_Plea_Rolls.pdf

The Medieval town fortifications of Limerick
http://www.ijai.supanet.com/vol1/kw/limerick.htm

The campaign against the Scots in Munster, 1317 (PDF)
http://www.deremilitari.org/resources/pdfs/frame.pdf

King John's expedition to Ireland, 1210: the evidence reconsidered
http://www.deremilitari.org/resources/articles/duffy.htm

Military Archery in Medieval ireland: Archaeology and History (PDF)
http://www.deremilitari.org/resources/pdfs/halpin.pdf

Irish Frontier Warfare - A fifteenth century case study (PDF)
http://www.deremilitari.org/resources/pdfs/ocleirigh.pdf

Warfare in the Medieval Gaelic Lordships (PDF)
http://www.deremilitari.org/resources/pdfs/simms.pdf


There are a few books you could try as well:

Galloglas: Hebridean and West Highland Mercenary Kindreds in Medieval Ireland
http://www.amazon.com/Galloglas-Hebridean-Highland-Mercenary-Kindreds/dp/1862322511/ref=pd_bbs_sr_6?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1208767197&sr=8-6

The World of the Galloglass
http://www.fourcourtspress.ie/product.php?intProductID=484

There are a lot more out there so please add to this list and we can get a cracking reference list.

[Na Fianna Éireann]

i like the articles and links to the galloglasses . very interesting thank you

[finnobreanan]

Niall,

I just started "Galloglas: Hebridean and West Highland Mercenary Kindreds in Medieval Ireland", and it is proving to be an interesting read so far. I did not realize when I bought it that it is a series of lectures by different speakers. Quite a few experts have presented the chapters.

[Seathrun]

The archery one is great thanks.
Seth

[finnobreanan]

I did finnish this book a few months ago and had been meaning to do a review, but have been extremely busy.

Sean Duffy's introduction to this series of lectures is excellant! Unfortunately, the next several chapters have nothing to do with gallowglas at all. The following chapters, especially "Having the right kit" are applicable, but fell short of what I had hoped for. The last chapters, once again, deal with Scotish history and have little to do with the gallowglass.

Overall, I was dissapointed with this book and the series of lectures. The title is missleading. Half of the book deals with Scotish history, without relating it to Irish history. The presentation on "Having the Right kit" had so much potential, but the presentor/author did not explore all the possible resources. I do recomend this volume, with the caveat that it is certainly not the "end all, be all" of information on gallowglass.

[claimhteoir]

Here's an interesting one...

Anglo-Irish and Gaelic marriage laws and traditions in late medieval Ireland
Journal of Medieval History, Volume 32, Issue 1, March 2006, Pages 27-42
Gillian Kenny

It's not freely available without a university student account or that, but if anyone wants it, pm me and I'll gmail it their way!

Thanks for the other articles too by the way Niall! Any idea where I'd get a concrete reference (journal, book or other publication) for the first one on the hobelar?