Ceremonies The crowning or inauguration of kings in Ireland took place in the open air at the traditional place for the ceremony. The O’Neill clan ...
Customs eg Coign and Livery All the lord shad private armies and, in the Irish custom called coinmed, the tenants had to provide free quarters to their lords and ...
Festivals There were a number of great festivals, most of which were older than Christianity and were linked to superstitions and pagan beliefs. ...
Monasteries The most important religious order in Ireland was the Cistercian order. They were founded in France and were to be found in Ireland at ...
Plan of monastery With few variations, most monasteries were built to a similar plan. They all had a church at the centre. There were cloisters where ...
life in the Monastery In Co Tipperary is one of the best preserved Irish medieval monasteries; it is also a Cistercian monastery. The monks and nuns who went ...
Pilgrimages Going on a pilgrimage to a holy site was an exciting venture for anyone who could afford to do so. In Ireland, many pilgrimages were ...
Black Death In 1348 a plague called the Black Death reached the British Isles. It caused people to break out in spots and terrible sores and it was ...
Cures As the people did not understand the causes of the Black Death, their cures were not very successful. Some shut themselves away; some ...
Churchmen When a Norman, John Comyn, was appointed Archbishop of Dublin, he quarrelled with the city corporation so much that he decided to build ...
