Irish Monasticism Bibliography

A compilation of the various suggestions on Irish monasticism with an eye toward the influence of Gaelic culture and customs on the development of Irish forms of monasticism:

Lisa Bitel, ISLE OF THE SAINTS (1990)
N.K. Chadwick, THE AGE OF THE SAINTS IN THE EARLY CELTIC CHURCH P.J. Corish, early series of A HISTORY OF IRISH CATHOLICISM Nancy Edwards, THE ARCHAEOLOGY OF EARLY MEDIEVAL IRELAND (1990) Maire Herbert, IONA, KELLS, AND DERRY: THE HISTORY AND HAGIOGRAPHY OF THE

MONASTIC FAMILIA OF COLUMBA (1988) Kathleen Hughes, CHURCH AND SOCIETY IN IRELAND, A.D. 400-1200

EARLY CHRISTIAN IRELAND: AN INTRODUCTION TO THE SOURCES (1972) Mirando Green, THE CELTIC WORLD
Aubrey Gwynn, MEDIEVAL RELIGIOUS HOUSES: IRELAND James F. Kenney, THE SOURCES FOR THE EARLY HISTORY OF IRELAND (1929) Nerys Thomas Patterson, CATTLE-lORDS AND CLANSMEN: KINSHIP AND RANK IN EARLY

IRELAND (1991)
Eoin MacNeil's early work in EARLY IRISH LAW AND INSTITUTIONS D. Pochin Mould, THE IRISH SAINTS
Harold Mytum, THE ORIGINS OF EARLY CHRISTIAN IRELAND (1992) Maire and Liam de Paor, EARLY CHRISTIAN IRELAND (1967) Charles Plummer, BETHADA NAEM NERENN--LIVES OF IRISH SAINTS, 2 vols, (1968) Michael Richter, MEDIEVAL IRELAND
John Ryan, IRISH MONASTICISM: ORIGINS AND EARLY DEVELOPMENT (1972) Richard Sharpe, MEDIEVAL IRISH SAINTS LIVES (1991)

?anything by Padraig O'Riain?

General Histories:

Gearoid Mac Niocall, IRELAND BEFORE THE VIKINGS (1972) Donnchadh O Corrain, IRELAND BEFORE THE NORMANS (1972) Daibhi O Croinin, EARLY MEDIEVAL IRELAND, 400-1200 (to be out 1995)

The early volumes of the Helicon Series edited by Art Cosgrove.

sean farrell moran
dept of history
oakland university
moran@oakland.edu

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