In this paper, Luke McInerney examines the role of clerical kindreds – families who inherited the right to various positions within ecclesiastical organisations – in the monastic settlement of Inis Cathaigh (Scattery Island) during the Late Medieval period. Clare County Library is grateful to Luke McInerney for donating this paper which was first published in The Other Clare, vol. 37 (2013).

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   The Clerical Lineages of Inis Cathaigh by Luke McInerney (PDF)

  

The Cathedral and Round Tower on Inis Cathaigh c.1900. Photo: George U. Macnamara from the Macnamara Collection in Foto.