Tara

A Select Bibliography

• Author(s): Edel Bhreathnach,
• Publisher: Royal Irish Academy for the Discovery Programme
• Pages: 173
• ISBN_10: 1874045356
  ISBN_13: 9781874045359
  
• Language: en
• Categories: Biography & Autobiography / Cultural, Ethnic & Regional / General , History / Europe / Great Britain / General , History / Europe / Ireland , Reference / Bibliographies & Indexes , Social Science / Archaeology ,

Description:... This annotated and select bibliography of the published material relating to the important site of Tara, Co. Meath, addresses the interests of varied readers, from linguistic, literary, historical or archaeological fields. The book contains a general introductory essay on kingship, mythology, sovereignty, high-kingship, the Uí- Néill and 'synthetic historians', saints and their biographers, the archaeology and topography of Tara, and the name Temair. There follows a comprehensive bibliography arranged by categories.