Castles in Ireland: Feudal Power in a Gaelic World

xiii, 261 pp. Illustrated with maps, photographs, and diagrams. Castles in Ireland tells the story of the nature and development of lordship and power in medieval Ireland, using its military fortifications as a guide. Tom McNeill argues that the design of the castles contests the traditional view of Ireland as a land torn by war and divided culturally between the English and Irish.