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Compossicion booke of Conought
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English record of the proceedings resulting from the so-called ‘composition agreement’ made in 1585 between the Gaelic ‘lords and chieftains’ of Connacht and Thomond (Co. Clare) and the English administration residing at Dublin Castle. It records the names of land-holders and their holdings. The document offers insights into the workings of Elizabethan policy in Ireland in matters of land and taxation, notably the tactics of surrender and regrant.
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Secondary sources (select)
Cunningham, Bernadette, “The Composition of Connacht in the lordships of Clanricard and Thomond, 1577–1641”, Irish Historical Studies 24:93 (May, 1984): 1–14.
