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"Only by applying the most rigorous standards do we pay writing in Irish the supreme compliment of taking it seriously." - Breandán Ó Doibhlín.
Only one I knew despite being a "student" of medieval history
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'It would actually give me the greatest of pleasure watching non-compliant taxpayers going to jail. That's the kind of person I am.' Bertie Ahern, 1993.
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6. One of them might be O'Cathain.
7. Scotland?. Scotus meaning Irish.
9. Agree that the second account is the Spanish armada survivor, did the 14th century guy leave an account of Lough Derg?
10. Handed over the site of Cashel to the church, so depriving the Eoghanacht of it.
11. Brian Boru's grandson.
12. Not a tax? levied at first by Colmcille's biographer?
13. Malachy
16. Uisneach
23. One of those groups must be the Eoghanacht.
25. A relic that he enclosed in the Cross of Cong?
The Pope, on condition that he had only one wife.3. Who offered Ruaidhrí Ua Conchobhair the kingship of Ireland according to the Chronicon Scottorum? On what condition was the offer made?
Brian Ó Néill (?)5. Who was the next king after Ruaidhrí Ua Conchobair to be offered the kingship of Ireland?
The east coast of North America, New Foundland (?)7. Where was 'new ireland'? Where is it currently located? What name does it bear?
11. Which high king of Ireland, was said to have taken part in the Battle of Clontarf when he was only 15?
Toirdhealbhach Mór Ó Conchubhair (?)
Is this another name for the Boru tribute (?)12. What was the Cáin Adamhnáin?
Destroy it - in retaliation for the destruction of Kincora (?)14. What did Muircheartach Ua Briain make his army do to the Grianán of Ailech. What was this in response to?
Naas, Kilkenny, Clonmacnoise(?)20 What were the three chief places of the Laigin?
The Eoghanacht - The Déisigh (?) Both are descended from Oilioll Olum (?)23. From which population group did the Dál gCais claim to be descended, and from which group did they actually descend? What did these two groups have in common? (Think cashel).
Cathal of the Wine Red Hand (?)24. Of which 13th century Connacht king was it foretold that he would save Ireland. What was it about the king that connected him to the prophesy?
Money that he used to construct the Celtic Cross in Clonmacnoise (?)25. What did Toirdhealbhach Ua Conchobair receive as a result of the Lateran Council? What did he do with it that still survives till this day?
"I put down the welter of corruption in Irish politics to Burke's escape from retribution after that exposure in 1974. It gave everybody in the game a licence to steal."
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You're partially correct for most of them bar the first.
"Only by applying the most rigorous standards do we pay writing in Irish the supreme compliment of taking it seriously." - Breandán Ó Doibhlín.
Ok, might as well give the answers.
Ireland didn't have a diocesan church (although it did have bishops) before the 12th century. Hierarchical structure was based on monasteries, and different monasteries claimed dominance over the others. Larger monasteries such as Iona, Armagh etc would have dependent monasteries, usually founded by their founder all over Ireland, this was known as their paruchia.1. In the context of the Irish church, what was a paruchia?
It was done in Canterbury by said Archbishop.2. What was original about the ordination of Gilla Patraic of Dublin in the eleventh century?
Pope alexander III. It was on condition that he would give up all but one of his six wives. He, however, declined.3. Who offered Ruaidhrí Ua Conchobhair the kingship of Ireland according to the Chronicon Scottorum? On what condition was the offer made?
It was a unit of value. Although cattle were frequently used in exchange, silver bullion also was too, and many cattle values were rendered in silver in the law tracts.4. What was a sét?
Haakon of Norway when he was trying to enforce his authority around the western Isles and mainland Scotland.5. Who was the next king after Ruaidhrí Ua Conchobair to be offered the kingship of Ireland?
Dál nAraide, Uí Echach Coba and Conaille Muirtheimne, all in the north-east of Ireland.6. Name the three main Cruithin(Pictish) tribes of Ireland?
Athfotla, (also known as Foirtriu), was the central part of Scotland. The modern town Atholl is named for it.7. Where was 'new ireland'? Where is it currently located? What name does it bear?
In North America. In Icelandic sagas it stated many of the Norse explorers came across an Island where Irish was spoken.8 Where was Ireland the Great supposedly?
Raymond De Perelhos. He wished to go to the purgatory in Lough Derg to communicate with his dead lord (he subsequently claimed he did). He visited Uí Néill's territory and was treated to the banquet and gave us an excellent account of Irish military custom in the late 14th century. Francisco De Cuellar was the other one. He found himself in Ireland due to his ship being wrecked off the Irish coast. His descriptions however, are not as flattering.9. Which spanish knight has left an account of life in Ireland in the 14th century? What was his purpose in ireland? Who's territory did he visit? Which other spanish soldier also left an account of his experience in Gaelic Ireland? Why was he in Ireland?
He donated the political capital of the Eoghanacht dynasty to the church.10. Which political manoeuvre at the expense of the eoghanacht, did Muircheartach Ua Briain pull off at a synod on church reform in 1101?
Toirdhealbach Ua Briain, the grandson of Brian Boruimhe.11. Which high king of Ireland, was said to have taken part in the Battle of Clontarf when he was only 15?
The law of the innocents. An 8th century law first promulgated at Birr by a council of nobles and clergy at whose head was Adamhnán, Colmcille's biographer. Therein, it guaranteed the protection of innocents from warfare, forbade armies from using women warriors, also set out a rather enlightened view of sexual harrassment forbidding vulgar language or groping against women.12. What was the Cáin Adamhnáin?
Maelmhadóc Ó Mórgair, arch-reformer of the 12th century Irish church. Bernard also wrote his biography.13. Which famous Irish saint was said to have died in the arms of Bernard of Clairvaux?
He made them dismantle it brick by brick and each put a stone into their knapsacks. This was in revenge for the dismantling of Ceann Coradh by Domnall Mac Lochlainn in which all the building materials were thrown into the sea.14. What did Muircheartach Ua Briain make his army do to the Grianán of Ailech. What was this in response to?
A common misconception was it was at Teamhair. It was, in fact, at Áth Cliath, because it was the only passage way over the treachorous liffey waters. This would mean that Dublin was already a major point of traffic, having both a secular and ecclesiastical settlement, before the arrival of the Vikings, as well as a natural harbour.15. Which site the the main highways of Ireland meet?
Uisneach.16. What was traditionally regarded as the geographical centre of Ireland?
Maghnus Ó Domhnaill, who has been described by Robin Flower as the Irish equivalent of a renaissance prince. Gerald the Rhymer, or Gearóid Iarla, Lord Chief Justice of Ireland as well as the third earl of Desmond. He was far from being a master at strict meter but some of his compositions have rather a individual flavour.17. Which 16th century Irish lord wrote a life of colmcille as well as poetry in the amour courteois style? Who has been credited, though perhaps unduly, with the introduction of that genre to Ireland?
Domhnach.18. The comharbs of armagh claimed that churches having a certain word before their name were institutions founded by St Patrick. What was this word? Why did they wish to prove this?
He was Aldfrith King of Northumbria, the pre-eminent English (especially Anglian) kingdom before the 8th century. His mother was an irish princess called Fína, and he is credited with many wisdom texts in Irish, displaying the cultural crossover between Ireland and the anglo-saxon kingdoms, at this time.19. What was Flann Fina's, who composed many proverbs in Irish, real name. Of which Kingdom was he king?
Dinn Ríg, Dún Ailinne and Nás na Ríogh. Naas is the only one to survive as a town till this day.20 What were the three chief places of the Laigin?
There are none. Port Láirge is the nearest láirge being named after a viking prince called Láraic. But within the context of Irish, no placenames are influenced by Norse. Scots Gaelic however, has many.21. What is so unusual about Norse-based place names in Irish, as opposed to Gaelic?
Ulster, Munster and Leinster. It is reckoned they all come from uladh + tír mumhan + tír and laigin + tir. The 's' is indicative of the norse/germanic possesive which does not exist in Irish. This means at one stage there was a language with Irish vocabulary but Norse grammar, a pidgin or creole as it were.22 Which three place names in English are indicative of a norse-gaelic creole language?
They claimed descendent from the Eoganacht when in fact they were descended from the Déisi. This was to cement their right to the throne of munster. Both the Déisi and the Eoganacht had settlements in wales and Cornwall before they were driven out in the 5th century. Cashel, (caiseal) it is said, comes from the latin castellum, which is a word they may have obtained from this contact.23. From which population group did the Dál gCais claim to be descended, and from which group did they actually descend? What did these two groups have in common? (Think cashel).
Cathal Crobhderg. There was a prophecy that Ireland would be saved by a man with a red hand, and Cathal Crobhderg (Cathal of the red hand) had such a blemish.24. Of which 13th century Connacht king was it foretold that he would save Ireland. What was it about the king that connected him to the prophesy?
He received a piece of the true cross and he incorporated it into the cross of cong.25. What did Toirdhealbhach Ua Conchobair receive as a result of the Lateran Council? What did he do with it that still survives till this day?
They rode on horseback.26. What was unusual about Irish beggars?
"Only by applying the most rigorous standards do we pay writing in Irish the supreme compliment of taking it seriously." - Breandán Ó Doibhlín.
Very interesting!
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I gave the answers above.
"Only by applying the most rigorous standards do we pay writing in Irish the supreme compliment of taking it seriously." - Breandán Ó Doibhlín.
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