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Item Two major early monasteries of Scottish Dalriata: Lismore and Eigg(Scottish Archaological Forum, 1974) MacDonald, Aidan D. S.Item Aspects of the monastic landscape in Adomnán’s Life of Columba(Four Courts Press, 2001-05-23) MacDonald, Aidan D. S.Item Reflections on kingship, the church and Viking-age silver in Ireland(Oxford University Press, 2018-12-17) Sheehan, John; Kershaw, Jane; Williams, Gareth; Sindbæk, Søren; Graham-Campbell, JamesThis chapter considers the wealth of some of Ireland’s kings, as represented by Viking Age silver hoards, and relates it to investment in the ecclesiastical sphere during the ninth and tenth centuries. While the rich Irish annals do not contain references to hoards or hoarding, there are some mentions of the phenomenon in early literary sources, and these relate to the church. In what follows, I argue that Viking Age silver hoards were deposited on church land with higher frequency than has hitherto been appreciated, and can therefore be seen to represent ecclesiastical, rather than secular, wealth. I consider a case study of Clann Cholmáin of Mide, the most powerful polity in tenth-century Ireland, and how its connections with the development of the monastery of Clonmacnoise may be related to its silver wealth, as evidenced by the Lough Ennell and Hare Island hoards. Finally, I briefly consider the status of the cross-marked ingot, which is suggested to be a product manufactured for use in Irish ecclesiastical contexts.Item The form and structure of Viking-age silver hoards: the evidence from Ireland(Left Coast Press/Taylor & Francis, 2007-01) Sheehan, John; Graham-Campbell, James; Williams, GarethItem Skeuomorphs and spolia: the presence of the past in Irish pre-Romanesque architecture(Four Courts Press, 2007) Ó Carragáin, Tomás; Moss, Rachel