Browsing University of Galway Theses by Subject "Old Irish"
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Beati immaculati in via: Sin and reconciliation among the céli Dé of Tallaght and Terryglass
(NUI Galway, 2023-02-16)This dissertation researches the so-called céli Dé of the eighth and ninth centuries, in order to elucidate and reconstruct their beliefs on sin and reconciliation. Its contents are as follows: after a foreword that summarily ... -
An edition, translation and analysis of the Senchas Már Status-Tract
(NUI Galway, 2021-07-06)The main aim of this thesis is to provide a reliable edition and translation of the legal tract known in modern scholarship as the Senchas Már Status-Tract as it survives in both Trinity College Dublin, MS H 4. 22 (1363) ... -
The representation in Old Irish law texts of the legal position of women in early medieval Ireland as regards the ownership of property
(2013-09-23)This thesis is a detailed analysis of women's property rights in early Irish law, and their extended legal rights arising from their ownership of property. Property in early Irish society is defined as both moveables and ... -
Rhyming pairs in the early Middle Irish biblical epic Saltair na Rann: Survey and analysis of phonological and graphic patterns
(2013-12-16)The present thesis examines the words in final rhyming position for their phonological and orthographical pattern in the Middle Irish narrative poem known as Saltair na Rann ('Psalter of Stanzas'). This analysis, the scale ... -
Secondary Verbs in Old Irish: A comparative-historical study of patterns of verbal derivation in the Old Irish Glosses
(2011-09-30)This thesis concerns the word formation of secondary verbs in Old Irish. Although extensive work has been done on primary verbs, the secondary adjectives and the nouns in Old Irish, and the formation of causatives and ...