SOCIETY AND SETTLEMENT IN GLENDALOUGH ... - Ian Cantwell

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LIST OF CONTENTSIntroductionAcknowledgementsMethodologyPaleoecology and ArchaeologyLate Iron Age and Early MedievalTheImpact ofReformConquest and SecularisationDecline,Resurgence and ExtinctionEpilogueConclusionsAppendixI: Pollen Diagram ofGlendaloughAppendixIl: Gregorian Reform in IrelandAppendixill: Draft Familytree ofthe O'ToolesAppendixIV: Selected DocumentsAppendixV: Placenamesand InterpretationAbbreviationsand Bibliography16811214357668183868997101104107
<strong>IN</strong>TRODUCTIONIn 1990, due to family circumstances, I moved to CastIekevin at which stage I justabout knew that Glendalough existed. I became involved in the local historical societyand other community organisations which led to the organisation ofhistorical seminarsand editing the local annual historical and folklore journal. Over time this developedinto a knowledge of 18th and 19th century history and a desire to writea local study.As a result Trinity College was the next step because ofa lack ofunderstanding ofthepre-historic and medieval periods. The academic milieu also seemed to be the bestplace to research and write, away from the distractions ofhome.Glendalough and the Vartry yielded some ofits secrets in these last four years and Ibecame aware ofits many unique aspects and the fact that the island viewpoints ofthegeneral political historian were not necessarily appropriate. Worth noting is theirgeneral call for more regional and local studies since the general hypotheses that theypropose need to be tested and refined within more specific areas. Another factor thatcame to the fore was that the some of the contemporary source material servedpropaganda purposes and these needed to be critically examined.For any researcher the basic questions are: what is there? why is it there? what is itscontext? who is associated with it? what is the temporal framework? and finally how itto be interpreted? Only then can a narrative and explanatory hypotheses be developedand written. Warren's opinion that history does not exist until the historian makes it isapt. He points out that the goal ofobjective history is a chimera and that what passesfor such is often intuitive judgements and innate wisdom disguised as methodologyand the literary analogy he draws is between the relentless logic of Sherlock Holmesagainst the intuition ofPhilip Marlowe. 1lWarren W.L, The Historian as a 'Private Eye', Historical Studies. Vol. IX, Belfast, 1981, p. 1-41
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obscure and even the great expert,
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CHAPTER 4CONQUESTANDSECULMUSATIONPo
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Glenmalure, but the fact that descr
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Castlekevin under siegeThe impact o
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transition from grain to pastoral a
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CHAPTERSDECLINE, RESURGENCE AND EXT
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Resurgence - The political backgrou
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ofthe lowlandsofthe Pale andthe ber
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which were put into execution in th
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succumbed to the Gaelic Dream when
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year. However it was agreed and con
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Whigmanstown, Glasmollin and Tollag
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By 1636 there is a well utilised la
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integration into English and Europe
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SettlementThe Hearth Money Rolls of
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can be organised differently to a s
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Over the period there are various p
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APPENDIXlPOLLEN RESEARCH IN GLENDAL
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Notwithstanding the problems ofinte
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Glendalough, Co. Wicl\lowPoll en Pe
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CALIBRATION OF RADIOCARBOAGE TO CAL
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advantage to be able to return to t
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eformers such as LanfrancofPavia an
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His canonisation is an excellent ex
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In conclusion the history ofthe Chu
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Inquisition at Castle Keuyn. 1257-6
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ABBREVIATIONSAlen'sReg.: Calendarof
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Cantwell Ian, DiamondHill, RD.H.F.J
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Long Harry, Three Settlements ofGae
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Smyth AlfredP., Kings, Saintsand Sa
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