barbucomedie: Shrine of the ‘Stowe Missal’ from Lorrha, Republic of Ireland dated t
barbucomedie: Shrine of the ‘Stowe Missal’ from Lorrha, Republic of Ireland dated to around 1030 on display at the National Museum of Ireland-Archaeology in Dublin This shrine held an 8th Century mass-book for the monastery of Lorrha in County Tipperary. An inscription on the base requests prayers for the ‘King of Ireland’, Donnchad, son of Brian Boru, High King of Ireland, and Queen Gormlaith. Donnchad reigned for many years after the Battle of Clontarf in 1014 but never generally recognised as High King by the other Kings of Ireland. Photographs taken by myself -- source link