Local churches and social power in early medieval Ireland: a case study of Fir Maige

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dc.contributor.authorÓ Carragáin, Tomás
dc.contributor.editorSánches Pardo , José C.
dc.contributor.editorShapland, Michael G.
dc.date.accessioned2026-10-15T11:17:01Z
dc.date.available2026-10-15T11:17:01Z
dc.date.issued2015
dc.description.abstractA lot has been written in recent years on the patronage of major Irish Churches by provincial and regional kings, but rather less attention has been paid to the relationships between local elites and local churches. One of the challenges in approaching this subject is to distinguish between churches in terms of function and character, a vital issue if we are to understand the motivations of their secular patrons. Contrary to the traditional view. it now seems that only a minority of church sites were monastic in character. For example, some were established for a particular local kingdom or subdivision thereof, while others seem to have been proprietary churches associated with particular kin-groups.en
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dc.identifier.authororcidÓ Carragáin, Tomás §0000-0001-7227-4287
dc.identifier.authororcidSánches Pardo , José C.
dc.identifier.authororcidShapland, Michael G.
dc.identifier.citationÓ Carragáin, T 2015, Local churches and social power in early medieval Ireland: a case study of Fir Maige. in J C Sánches Pardo & M G Shapland (eds), Churches and Social Power in Early Medieval Europe. Brepols Publishers, pp. 99-155.
dc.identifier.endpage155
dc.identifier.otherORCID: /0000-0001-7227-4287/work/208087803
dc.identifier.startpage99
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10468/19442
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherBrepols Publishers
dc.relation.ispartofChurches and Social Power in Early Medieval Europe
dc.rights© 2015, Brepols Publishers. All rights reserved.
dc.rights.accessrightsopen access
dc.statusPeer reviewed
dc.subjectLocal elites
dc.subjectLocal churches
dc.subjectIreland
dc.subject[HumanEnvironment]
dc.titleLocal churches and social power in early medieval Ireland: a case study of Fir Maigeen
dc.typeBook chapter
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