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William FitzGerald, 2nd Duke of Leinster. A modest number of titles in the peerage of Ireland date from the Middle Ages.Before 1801, Irish peers had the right to sit in the Irish House of Lords, on the abolition of which by the Union effective in 1801 by an Act of 1800 they elected a small proportion – twenty-eight Irish representative peers – of their number (and elected replacements as ...
Ireland in the Middle Ages may refer to: History of Ireland (400–795) , Ireland in the early Middle Ages History of Ireland (795–1169) , Ireland in the high Middle Ages
14th-century Irish women (1 C, 15 P) 15th-century Irish women (11 P) F. Female saints of medieval Ireland (32 P) Pages in category "Women of medieval Ireland"
Notable examples of women landowners in England in the Middle Ages include: countess Gytha, mother of Harold Godwinson, who held lands across the south west of England; Asa, who held land in Yorkshire; and Judith, who owned large amounts of land in the East Midlands (all three women and their claims are recorded in the Domesday Book); [73] and ...
Irish people of the Middle Ages, ... Women of medieval Ireland (11 C, 3 P) ... Medieval Irish people. 4 languages ...
Daughter of Donnchad Midi, High King of Ireland (died 797) of the Clann Cholmáin. She died in 802. Maedhbh ingen Indrechtach: Daughter of Indrechtach mac Muiredaig, King of Connacht (died 723) of the Uí Briúin. Also known simply as Medb. According to the 12th century Banshenchas (Lore of Women), she was mother of Niall Caille, and died in 798.
The mixing of Irish, Pictish, Anglo-Saxon and even Byzantine styles created the Insular style of art, represented by the Lindisfarne Gospels and the Book of Kells. Ireland's reputation for scholarship was such that many scholars travelled from Britain and the European mainland to study in Irish schools.
Ireland during the Ice Age. What is known of pre-Christian Ireland comes from references in Roman writings, Irish poetry, myth, and archaeology.While some possible Paleolithic tools have been found, none of the finds is convincing of Paleolithic settlement in Ireland. [4]