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War dogs among the early Irish

In the Celtic world, as elsewhere, canines were admired for their senses of sight, smell and hearing. Dogs were used on hunting expeditions and to guard homes, as domestic pets and as a source of food. They abound in surviving mythology and folk tradition and are well represented in religion, where they are often associated … Read more

The Bolton Library

The Rock of Cashel in County Tipperary holds probably the most significant grouping of ecclesiastical buildings surviving from the medieval period in Ireland. Its largest building, the cathedral, was abandoned in the 1750s and the medieval parish church at the opposite end of the town was upgraded to cathedral status, being itself replaced by the … Read more

A pope emeritus?

‘Christ did not come down from the cross’ was the late Pope John Paul II’s response when questions were raised about his failing health and painfully obvious public suffering in the latter years of his pontificate. So how do we explain the surprise resignation announcement of his successor, Benedict XVI, in contravention of papal tradition ... Read more

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Leaving Cert history case studies

Leaving Certificate Curriculum: Document Case Studies & relevent HI articles EARLY MODERN IRELAND Topic 1: Reform and Reformation in Tudor Ireland, 1494-1558: The Plantation of Laois/Offaly: James Lyttleton, ‘Seventeenth-century West Offaly: Accommodating the new realities (Vol. 12.1, Spring 2004) Michael Quinn, ‘Francis Cosby (1510-80), Stradbally, Queen’s County and the Tudor … Read more

Curriculum list for future coverage

NB: these are the special topics for both history curriculums that have not received any coverage in the magazine: Leaving Certificate Curriculum: Document Case Studies EARLY MODERN IRELAND Topic 1: Reform and Reformation in Tudor Ireland, 1494-1558: Women and marriage under Gaelic law Topic 2: Rebellion … Read more