Category Ó Maol Phádraig Records

Down the Research Rabbit Hole One of the greatest challenges in historical research is keeping the work on track. A question may begin with one person or one place. Then an unfamiliar surname appears in a footnote. A document mentions…

The papal records refer to St Michael’s Mount (de Rupe Beati Michaelis), the Augustinian priory at Ballinskelligs on the mainland opposite Skellig Michael. It is here, at the end of the fourteenth century, that we unexpectedly find members of both…