Life in Medieval Ireland

Medieval Ireland's everyday lives emerge vividly through overlooked voices amid conquest, famine, and upheaval.

The history of the Middle Ages [in Ireland] is so neglected that the only figure of renown is Strongbow, the man who led the Norman Invasion of Ireland in the twelfth century … There is little written about the lives of majority of men, who held no title or land, and even less about women … Indeed, so neglected are these people in history that many of the stories and people recount...