Front cover image for Tristernagh Priory, County Westmeath : colonial monasticism in medieval Ireland

Tristernagh Priory, County Westmeath : colonial monasticism in medieval Ireland

Tadhg O'Keeffe (Author)
The Priory of the Blessed Virgin Mary at Tristernagh played an important role in the Anglo-Norman colonisation of Meath. A 14th-century register allows us map the extent of its lands in the middle ages, and early drawings of its church explain why its demolition in the 18th century caused scandal

Print Book, English, 2018
Four Courts Press, Dublin, Ireland, 2018