Bhreathnach (Edel) (ed.): The kingship and landscape of Tara / Edel Bhreathnach, editor.
Dublin: Four Courts Press for The Discovery Programme, 2005. xxi + 536 pp.
Rev. by
Denis Casey, in Early medieval Europe 17/3 (Aug., 2009), pp. 344-347.
Maurice Harmon, in Ríocht na Midhe 18 (2007), pp. 256-259.
Bart Jaski, in Peritia 20 (2008), pp. 387-394.
Dáibhí Ó Cróinín, in IHS 37, nº 145 (May, 2010), pp. 112-114.
Analyses the structure of the poem and discusses the customary rights and dues of the Uí Néill and the Airgíalla as expounded in the text. Includes a list of terms for royal rights and privileges based on 8th and 9th c. sources, with references.
Ar-síasair coimdiu Tailten suidi coimdemmar. From NLI G7; diplomatic and normalised texts, English translation, textual notes (MS facsimile in pp. 333-335).
In Appendix: A eolcha in domhoin duanaig. Diplomatic text from RIA B iv 2.
A collection of biographical entries on queens associated with the kings of Tara listed in Baile Chuinn Chétchathaig and some of the dynasts named in the Airgíalla charter poem.
Reviews the various traditional and modern etymologies of Temair, and suggests a derivation from PIE *tem-r-is ‘cut-off, demarcated area’ (cf. PIE *tem- ‘to cut’). Includes a discussion of the corpus Temair-names attested throughout Ireland.
Denis Casey, in Early medieval Europe 17/3 (Aug., 2009), pp. 344-347.
Maurice Harmon, in Ríocht na Midhe 18 (2007), pp. 256-259.
Bart Jaski, in Peritia 20 (2008), pp. 387-394.
Dáibhí Ó Cróinín, in IHS 37, nº 145 (May, 2010), pp. 112-114.