Warfare in Medieval Ireland

Primary Sources

The Conquest of Ireland, by Giraldus Cambrensis - added September 15, 2002 (PDF)

See CELT: Corpus of Electronic Texts for more sources.

Books, Chapters and Articles

Connolly,  Philomena, The Medieval Irish Plea Rolls - An Introduction - from Irish Archives: Journal of the Irish Society for Archives (1995) - added December 6, 2002

Duffy, Sean, King John's expedition to Ireland, 1210: the evidence reconsidered - from Irish Historical Studies v.30 (1996) - added May 27, 2003

FitzPatrick, Liz, Raiding and Warring in Monastic Ireland - from History Ireland v.1 (1993) - added December 15, 2002

Frame, Robin, The Campaign against the Scots in Munster, 1317 - from Irish Historical Studies v. 24 (1984-85) - added February 14, 2003

Halpin, Andrew, Military Archery in Medieval Ireland: Archaeology and History - from Military Studies in Medieval Europe - Papers of the 'Medieval Europe Brugge 1997' Conference - volume 11 (1997) - added January 18, 2004 (PDF file) 

Holden, Brock W., King John, the Braoses, and the Celtic Fringe, 1207-1216 - from Albion: Journal of British Studies v.33 (2001) - added September 14, 2003

Jefferies, Henry Alan, Desmond: The Early Years, & The Career of Cormac Mac Carthy - from the Journal of the Cork Historical and Archeaological Society v.88 n.243 (1983) - added October 30, 2002

Jefferies, Henry Alan, Desmond Before The Norman Invasion: a political study - from the Journal of the Cork Historical and Archeaological Society, v.89 n.248 (1984) - added October 30, 2002

Lydon, James F., The Hobelar: An Irish Contribution to Medieval Warfare - from Irish Sword v.2 (1954-6) - added March 14, 2002

Lydon, James F., An Irish Army in Scotland, 1296 - from Irish Sword v. 5 (1961-2) - added March 14, 2002

Kelleher, John V., The Battle of Móin Mhór, 1151 - from Celtica: The Journal of Celtic Studies v.20 (1988) - added February 14, 2003

O'Brien, A.F., The Impact of the Anglo-Normans on Munster - (1997) - added October 22, 2003

O'Cleirigh, Cormac, Irish frontier warfare - A fifteenth-century case study - from From Crecy to Mohacs: Warfare in the Late Middle Ages (1997) - added November 26, 2003

Ó Corráin, Donnchadh, The Vikings in Scotland and Ireland in the Ninth Century - from Chronicon: An Electronic History Journal v. 2 (1998) - added April 11, 2002

Okeeffe, Tadhg, Medieval Frontiers and Fortification: The Pale and its Evolution - from Dublin City and County: From Prehistory to Present (1992) - added March 2, 2003

Ó Murchadha, Diarmuid, The Battle of Calllann, A.D. 1261 - from the Journal of the Cork Historical and Archaeological Society, v.66, n.204 (1961) - added October 30, 2002

Simms, Katherine, Warfare in the Medieval Gaelic Lordships - from The Irish Sword v.12 (1975) (PDF file) - added January 28, 2004

Smith, Brendan, The Ua Cerbaill Kingdom of Airgailla, chapter 1 of Colonisation and Conquest in Medieval Ireland: The English in Louth, 1170–1330 (PDF file) - added December 6, 2002

Simms, Katherine, Images of Warfare in Bardic Poetry - from Celtica: Journal of the School of Celtic Studies, v.21 (1990) - (PDF file) - added January 20, 2002

Wiggins, Kenneth, The medieval town fortifications of Limerick - from The Internet Journal of Archaeology in Ireland v.1 (2000) - added October 30, 2002

Links to other Web Sites

History Ireland: Ireland's Illustrated History Magazine

CELT: Corpus of Electronic Texts - a large database of Irish medieval sources

Peritia: The Journal of the Medieval Academy of Ireland

Irquas: The Irish Quarternary Studies Online Project 

List of Archaeological and History Journals from Ireland

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