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Gaelic and Gaelicised Ireland in the Middle Ages
Gaelic and Gaelicised Ireland in the Middle Ages Author:Kenneth Nicholls "Gaelic and Gaelicised Ireland in the Middle Ages" is the forth volume in THE GILL HISTORY of IRELAND, a comprehensive 11-volume series of books which covers Irish history from the fith century to the 190's. — The book consists of two distinct parts. The first section is devoted to a general account of the society and institutions of Gaelic and g... more »aelicised Ireland during the later middle ages, so fa as the available evidence permits of reconstruction. The second portion of the work consists of a brief history of those regions of Ireland outside the control of the English administration during the same period.
Both parts of the book, with the exception of a few short paragraphs on specialised matters, are based almost entirely on original research and Mr. Nicholls thus provides a unique and important treatment of an aspect of Irish history which has been virtually unattended.« less