The Bearnán Chúláin bell-shrine from Glenkeen, Co. Tipperary: an archaeological and historical analysis (original) (raw)

2016

This paper presents the first modern detailed account of the Bearnán Chúláin bell-shrine, one of the most important pieces of medieval Church metalwork to survive from Ireland. Originally from Glenkeen, Co. Tipperary, the shrine may be dated to the period of the late-eleventh/early-twelfth century. The paper principally consists of descriptive and historical analyses of the bell-shrine, as well as contextual discussion around its dating and manufacture. The reliquary is compared to a sword handle from Lough Derg and a recent find from England, all of which are attributed to the same workshop that was conceivably under the royal patronage of Muirchertach Ua Briain.

Irish Church Metalwork of the Romanesque period from the Day collection

Journal of the Cork Historical and Archaeological Society vol. 119, 2014

This paper examines three important Irish ecclesiastical objects that were once in the collection of Robert Day of Cork. The objects date from the late eleventh and twelfth centuries and include part of a bell-shrine, a figure from a shrine, and a crucifix figure.

Editorial and TOC for Vol 23, Journal of Irish Archaeology

Front matter for just-published (despite the 2014 cover date) Vol 23 of the Journal of Irish Archaeology. Contents range from Mesolithic to 19th c. AD and cover a range of topics including the Newgrange passage tomb, the Boyne to Brodgar research initiative, isotope analysis, recent excavations, Bronze Age symbolism, Bronze Age gold sources, an Early Medieval assembly landscape, and 19th c. workhouse burials.

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“Chrismals and House-Shaped Shrines in Early Medieval Ireland”

Insular and Anglo-Saxon: Art and Thought in the Early Medieval Period, edited by Colum P. Hourihane. Princeton, NJ: Index of Christian Art, Department of Art & Archeology, Princeton University in association with University Park, PA: Penn State University Press, 2011