We present an extract from Round Towers of Ireland, the new book by Christiaan ... an essay that examined these towers within their early Christian church context. Using historical sources and ...

In the 500 years after the fall of the Roman Empire, the Christianity of Wales had its own marked characteristics. It shared them with the other Celtic-speaking countries: Ireland, Cornwall ...

The first recorded Viking raid on Ireland was in AD795. This raid, on the monastery at Rathlin Island off the Antrim coast, was just the beginning of many years of Viking attacks on Christian ...

The existence of a female monastic figure in such a setting challenges long-held beliefs about the role of women in early ...

In the 500 years after the fall of the Roman Empire, the Christianity of Wales had its own marked characteristics. It shared them with the other Celtic-speaking countries: Ireland, Cornwall ...