Bibliography
Table of contents
List of illustrations
ix
Preface
xv
Acknowledgments
xix
Notes on Irish names and spellings
xxiii
List of abbreviations
xxv
[1] “Theoretical considerations”
1
[2] “The climate and geology of Clare”
22
[3] “Clare’s chiefdoms at the dawn of history”
26
[4] “An early medieval chiefdom of northern Clare: archaeological investigations”
70
[5] “Reconstructing the social order of Irish chiefdoms through settlement”
88
[6] “Of settlements and boundaries: reconstructing the chiefdom of Tulach Commáin”
Keywords: Tulach Commáin
139
[7] “The rulers of Tulach Commáin”
Keywords: Tulach Commáin
166
[8] “The world of Brian Bóroimhe”
Keywords: Brian Bóroimhe
177
201
[10] “The political topography of late medieval Clare”
221
[11] “An overview of the social and political systems of Thomond”
265
[Appendix] “Genealogies and chieftain lists”
289
Notes
301
Glossary
307
References
309
Index
319
