Web Links

I figured I might as well put here the links I have printed in a notebook. These are for various things, mostly clothing, but also history and the like.

Bog Bursts (http://www.from-ireland.net/history/bogbursts.htm) - I'd never heard of them, but considering the number of individuals found in bogs, after reading these, it didn't seem all that strange. Bogs are fairly prevalent in Ireland and this page makes that fact alone make a lot of sense if these happened fairly commonly.

Peatlands (http://www.peatlandsni.gov.uk/archaeology/bodies_details/bod_de_11.htm) - This pages lists a few of the discoveries of bog bodies over the centuries. It doesn't give a lot of detail about the dating of the bodies, but it can be used as a jumping off point for references.

ArchSearsh - the ADS Online Catalogue (http://ads.ahds.ac.uk/catalogue/projArch/index.cfm) - This site lists the project archives found in the ADS catalogue. There is a lot of information to sift through, but most of it is UK as opposed to Irish, but it's still a good source.

Medieval Celtic Manuscripts (http://www.digitalmedievalist.com/urls/celtmss.html) -

Clothing of the Ancient Celts (http://web.archive.org/web/20020124190513/www47.pair.com/lindo/Textiles_Page.htm) - This site goes into detail concerning Ireland and Scotland (as to the best of resources available), so this is a good garb site to visit. There is an extensive bibliography to help her documentation.

Echna's Celtic Garb Leine Page (http://www.celticgarb.org/clothing/leine.html) - This site deals more with really early clothing worn by various Celtic peoples.

Costume in County Clare (http://www.clarelibrary.ie/eolas/coclare/history/costume.htm) - This site has a decent grasp on the history and pictures, but no real patterns or the like. It refers to a few things by name of which I'm ignorant, but I can research them later.

What the Irish Wore (http://www.reconstructinghistory.com/irish/kilcommon.html [jacket/trews] http://www.reconstructinghistory.com/irish/shinrone.html [Shinrone] http://www.reconstructinghistory.com/irish/moy.html [Moy]) - This site is more for later period garb. It shows a jacket and trews (which were basically what soldiers and guards wore [fighting!]), the Shinrone Gown, which is dated to about the late 16th & early 17 centuries, and the Moy Gown, which is roughly 14th century. I'll have to do more research on this one to see if it's not actually earlier, because a part of this page indicates that some of the techniques used to make this gown were in play in the 15th century. Regardless, this is a decent source for gathered information on Irish dress.

Sherts, Trewes, & Hose: A Survey of Medieval Underwear (http://www.greydragon.org/library/underwear1.html) - Even tho this site isn't strictly Irish in context (that I'm aware of), I wanted to post it here in case I could find Irish links for it. Underwear is a difficult subject of which to find documentation, so I'll have to take this one a step at a time.

O Corrain: Creating the Past (http://www.ucc.ie/chronicon/ocorr.htm) - This one is based on the history of Ireland and how the past dealt with genealogies. (This is a very rough summary, but I'm running out of time this morning)

Taliesin and the bards: poetic ways to prehistory (http://www.evertype.com/misc/taliesinbards.html) - [description to come later]

Tenacity in religion, myth, and folklore: the neolithic Goddess of Old Europe preserved in a non-Indo-European setting (http://www.evertype.com/misc/basque-jies/basque-jies.html) - Yup, you guessed it, religion, but everything is based on beliefs, no matter what your timeframe, so a good frame of reference needs religion or it feels like the information is taken out of context.

Footwear of the Middle Ages: Development of Footwear (http://www.personal.utulsa.edu/~marc-carlson/shoe/DEV.HTM) - Yup, you guessed it. Shoes!

Historical Shoe Designs: Irish Slipper (pre-10th Century? "Lucas, Type 4") (http://www.personal.utulsa.edu/~marc-carlson/shoe/SHOES/SHOE56.HTM) -

Historical Shoe Designs: Irish Slipper (pre-10th Century? "Lucas, Type 3") (http://www.personal.utulsa.edu/~marc-carlson/shoe/SHOES/SHOE55.HTM) -

Historical Shoe Designs: Irish Slipper (700 - 900 "Lucas, Type 2") (http://www.personal.utulsa.edu/~marc-carlson/shoe/SHOES/SHOE2.HTM) -

Historical Shoe Designs: Irish Slipper (700 - 900 "Lucas, Type 1") (http://www.personal.utulsa.edu/~marc-carlson/shoe/SHOES/SHOE1.HTM) -