Identity area
Reference code
CCHR/1/42
Title
'Book of De Burgo - Politics and Power in 16th-century Connaught'
Date(s)
- 2004 (Creation)
Level of description
Item
Extent and medium
1 item, paper
Context area
Name of creator
Archival history
Content and structure area
Scope and content
Article (colourfully illustrated) by Bernadette Cunningham published in the Irish Arts Review, (Winter 2004) about the 'Book of De Burgo', a C16th family history of the De Burgo/De Burgh/Burke family of Connaught, the ancient Irish family which Lady Clare married into via her first husband, John de Burgh. The manuscript itself is held in the collections of Trinity College Dublin (TCD MS 1440).