Archaeology scholar and author Daniel Patrick Curley will be at Kennys Bookshop on November 21st, to discuss his new book, The Uí Chellaig lords of Uí Maine and Tír Maine. He will be interviewed by Dr Kenneth Coyne.

Daniel Patrick Curley is a native of Taughmaconnell in south Roscommon, and a graduate of the University of Galway, with a PhD in Archaeology. He manages the Rathcroghan Visitor Centre in Co. Roscommon, and his research interests lie primarily in the archaeology and cultural heritage of Roscommon and east Galway.

Tickets for this event are free and all are welcome.

About The Uí Chellaig lords of Uí Maine and Tír Maine, published by Four Courts Press:
The Ó Cellaig (O’Kelly) lordship of Uí Maine and Tír Maine (modern south Roscommon and east Galway) was a substantial Gaelic political territory and influential cultural power in later medieval Connacht. This book locates and reconstructs the major Ó Cellaig lordly centres from c.1100, to the demise of the lordship around the year 1600. The work provides, for the first time, a detailed historical background for the medieval Ó Cellaig lordship, before piecing together the medieval physical environment, with an exploration of the resources and economic conditions which underpinned this inland Gaelic lordship.

Thereafter, the focus moves to inspect these cenn áiteanna, their siting, forms and surrounding cultural landscapes. In doing so, the writer investigates a broad range of settlement forms, including the continued use of crannóga and promontory forts, before turning to the tower house castle. This book tackles important themes in later medieval Gaelic society and its physical expression, through the lens of these eastern Connacht lords. It also wishes to champion the sometimes underutilised Irish place names record, Gaelic literary sources and praise poetry as key tools for the archaeologist and historian.

You can book a free ticket to this event below – copies of the book will be available on the night.