The Ui Chellaig lords of Ui Maine and Tir Maine

An Archaeological and Landscape Exploration of a Later Medieval Inland Gaelic Lordship

By: Daniel Patrick Curley

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Hardcover | 26 January 2024

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272 Pages

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The Cellaig (O' Kelly) lordship of U Maine and T r Maine was a substantial political territory and influential cultural power in later medieval Connacht. This book identifies and reconstructs the physical appearance of the major Cellaig lordly centres from their emergence as one of the principal offshoots of the U Maine in c.1100, to the demise of the lordship around the year 1600. It begins with an historical background, which helps to identify the lordly centres (cenn iteanna), and define the shifting physical boundaries of this territory through the period. The later medieval physical environment is then reconstructed, with an exploration of the resources and economic conditions which underpinned this inland Gaelic lordship. Thereafter, the focus moves to inspect these cenn iteanna, their siting, forms and surrounding cultural landscapes. In doing so, the writer investigates a broad range of settlement forms, including the continued use of crann ga and promontory forts, before turning to the tower house castle. This book tackles important themes in later medieval Gaelic society and its physical expression, through the lens of these eastern Connacht lords.

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