Daily Medieval

Clonmcnoise was founded in 544CE by St. Ciarán where a major east-west route crossed the River Shannon. Location is important in real estate...

The BBC once suggested it was "Medieval Europe's greatest treasure." The Book of Kells is a Latin Gospel (with added material...

Christianity came to Britain early. Tertullian and Origen, writing in the early 3rd century, mention Christian figures there. What is now Ch...

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...

As understood and discussed in modern culture, copyright is a very recent development. The Berne convention in 1886 gave international atten...

The oldest extant manuscript in Ireland is the Cathach . The Cathach  is a psalter, a copy of the Book of Psalms from the Bible (actually, P...

The Battle of Cúl Dreimhne likely took place in 560CE (estimates vary). Although there are different accounts of the reason for the battle, ...

Adomnán’s Life of St Columba,  written around 700CE (keeping in mind that Columba died in 597) tells quite a few interesting stories. Maybe ...

One of the Twelve Apostles of Ireland who studied under Finnian , Columba is best known for his time spreading Christianity in Scotland (you...

Finnian of Clonard was an Irish cleric who built schools, monasteries, and churches to spread Christianity. His schools thrived for centurie...

The first of February is the date of the Irish quarter-year festival called Imbolc. Imbolc is Old Irish for "in the belly"; it ...