Browsing College of Arts, Social Sciences and Celtic Studies by Author "O'Conor, Kieran"
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Fortification in the North (1200 -1600)
O'Conor, Kieran (Aarhus University Press, 2011-11)This paper looks at different types of fortification used across north-west Europe between the twelfth and early seventeenth centuries. These incude castles, town walls, artillery fortifications, linear fortifications, ... -
Pre-Norman fortification in eleventh and twelfth-century Ireland
O'Conor, Kieran; Naessens, Paul (Publications du CRAHM, Château Gaillard, Université de Caen, 2012)This paper examines the evolution of fortification in Connacht during the 11th and 12th centuries, prior to the arrival of theAnglo-Normans to Ireland in 1169. Our main argument is that Irish fortresses of the period, while ... -
Rindoon Castle, Co. Roscommon: a border castle on the Irish frontier.
O'Conor, Kieran; Naessens, Paul; Sherlock, Rory (Publications du CRAHAM, Château Gaillard, Université de Caen., 2014)Rindoon Castle controlled and dominated one of the best harbours along the Shannon. It was argued that a pre-Norman promontory fort never existed at Rindoon. Instead, it is suggested that these earthworks represent the ...