Wednesday, August 27, 2014

Cuairt ar Oileán Mhuire - Visit to "Lady's Island"

Thugamar cuairt ar "Oileán Mhuire" / "Lady's Island" le déanaí.
Is léir nach bhfuil baint ar bith ag an oileán le Naomh Muire, ach gur ath-ainmníodh an áit ina honóir am éigin sna céadta deireannacha.
Is mó is dóichí go raibh mainistir éigin anseo ón luath-aois amach. Tugtar le fios gurbh é Naomh Abbán a bhunaigh í, agus gur tugadh "Fion Magh" ar an oilean ar dtús.
Curious building at entrance, supposedly toppled by treasure seekers several centuries ago.

An bhfuarthas cead pleanála don struchtúr seo?

Is sórt garda é an caisleán don oileán.

Tríd an geata.

Na dreapaí tógtha as clocha greanta an oileáin

An tsean-eaglais i lár na reilige





An radharc siar ó dheireadh an oileáin

An radharc siar ó dheireadh an oileáin

Painting and repairing in preparation for the August 15th Pilgrimage on Lady's Island

An bealach isteach go dtí an t-oileán.

Déarfainn féin gur tógadh an tóchar nuair a tógadh an caisleán. Cibé, ní oileán é níos mó, ach leithinis.

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Monday, May 20, 2013

Early Irish Monasticism, ICMS Kalamazoo 2013






Brian Ó Broin, Emerson Storm Richards, Westley Follett

Speakers at the session "Early Irish Monasticism", International Congress of Medieval Studies (ICMS), Kalamazoo, Michigan, May 2013.




1) How did the Irish Saints Lives picture the early Irish monastery?
Brian Ó Broin, William Paterson University, NJ

2) “He Shall Do Penance”: Cultural Similarities in Irish Penitentials & the Modern Syllabus
Emerson Storm Fillman Richards, University of Florida

3) "Diet and Desire in a ninth-century Irish Monastery"
Westley Follett, University of Southern Mississippi

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