The High Fortess: A Guide to the Rock of Dunamase

by Peigin Doyle

The ruins of an Anglo-Norman fortress built over an Early Christian Irish d?n, it was fought over, occupied, fortified, reinforced, seized, abandoned, and blown up. Today, silhouetted against the Laois skyline, the stark grandeur of the ruined fastness of Dunamase has the power still to stir our imaginations.

Plundered by Viking raiders in 843AD, it became the dowry of Aoife, the bartered daughter of Diarmait Mac Murchada, when she married...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1913934748
• ISBN13: 9781913934743
• Release Date: May 2023
• Publisher: Wordwell Books
• Length: 145 Pages
• Weight: 0.52 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.2" x 8.2" x 8.1"