Tomas O Carragain of the Archaeology Department, University College Cork, specialises in the archaeology of early medieval Ireland and its European context (AD 400-1200). His publications include Inishmurray: Monks and Pilgrims in an Atlantic Landscape (The Collins Press, 2008, co-authored with Jerry O'Sullivan), Churches in Early Medieval Ireland: Architecture, Ritual and Memory (Yale University Press, 2010), Making Christian Landscapes in Atlantic Europe (Cork University Press, 2016, co-edited with Sam Turner) and Climate and Society in Ireland from Prehistory to the Present (Royal Irish Academy, 2021, co-edited with James Kelly).

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• IntroductionArchaeological Approaches to Religion and Religious ChangeStructure, Study Areas and Site Types1 Contexts for Conversion and Concepts of TerritoryLate Iron Age Society and RitualTrends in Mortuary Practice to 800Polities, Territories and Boundaries2 Landscapes of Conversion to c. 550Southern Ui FaelainMag RetaFir MaigeCorcu DuibneDiscussion3 Ecclesiastical Estates, c. 550-800Core Ecclesiastical LandholdingsDetached Parcels of Ecclesiastical LandFir MaigeMag Reta and Adjacent TerritoriesCorcu DuibneDiscussion4 Churches Outside Ecclesiastical Estates, c. 550-800Models of Episcopal Authority and Pastoral CareCharacterising Lesser ChurchesFir MaigeSouthern Ui FaelainCorcu DuibneDiscussion5 Society, Burial Patterns and Churches, c. 800-1100Models of Social and Economic ChangeInecclesiamento: church sites and settlement dynamics elsewhere in EuropeFrom Family to Community Burial?Continuity and Change at Important Church SitesConclusion6 Churches in the Landscape, c. 800-1100Fir MaigeSouthern Ui FaelainCorcu DuibneDiscussionSummary and ConclusionMedieval Land Divisions of Peninsular Corcu Duibne by Paul MacCotterAppendix: The Church Sites of Corcu DuibneBibliographyIndex

Tomas O Carragain of the Archaeology Department, University College Cork, specialises in the archaeology of early medieval Ireland and its European context (AD 400-1200). His publications include Inishmurray: Monks and Pilgrims in an Atlantic Landscape (The Collins Press, 2008, co-authored with Jerry O'Sullivan), Churches in Early Medieval Ireland: Architecture, Ritual and Memory (Yale University Press, 2010), Making Christian Landscapes in Atlantic Europe (Cork University Press, 2016, co-edited with Sam Turner) and Climate and Society in Ireland from Prehistory to the Present (Royal Irish Academy, 2021, co-edited with James Kelly).

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• IntroductionArchaeological Approaches to Religion and Religious ChangeStructure, Study Areas and Site Types1 Contexts for Conversion and Concepts of TerritoryLate Iron Age Society and RitualTrends in Mortuary Practice to 800Polities, Territories and Boundaries2 Landscapes of Conversion to c. 550Southern Ui FaelainMag RetaFir MaigeCorcu DuibneDiscussion3 Ecclesiastical Estates, c. 550-800Core Ecclesiastical LandholdingsDetached Parcels of Ecclesiastical LandFir MaigeMag Reta and Adjacent TerritoriesCorcu DuibneDiscussion4 Churches Outside Ecclesiastical Estates, c. 550-800Models of Episcopal Authority and Pastoral CareCharacterising Lesser ChurchesFir MaigeSouthern Ui FaelainCorcu DuibneDiscussion5 Society, Burial Patterns and Churches, c. 800-1100Models of Social and Economic ChangeInecclesiamento: church sites and settlement dynamics elsewhere in EuropeFrom Family to Community Burial?Continuity and Change at Important Church SitesConclusion6 Churches in the Landscape, c. 800-1100Fir MaigeSouthern Ui FaelainCorcu DuibneDiscussionSummary and ConclusionMedieval Land Divisions of Peninsular Corcu Duibne by Paul MacCotterAppendix: The Church Sites of Corcu DuibneBibliographyIndex