Daily Medieval

St. Ruadán was one of the Twelve Apostles of Ireland. Born in Tara and educated at Clonard by Finnian , he later founded his own monastery o...

Prophetic death is a staple of mythology and legend. One classic trope is the "threefold death" in which a prophecy claims three d...

There were two significant designations for kings in Ireland. Of the several different kingdoms on the Emerald Isle, only one of them had po...

There are two titles given to kings of Ireland: King of Tara, and High King of Ireland. These are not the same thing. "High King" ...

Adomnán of Iona (also known as Eunan) was born about 627 CE in what is now County Donegal. We do not know a lot of details of his life befor...