Table of contents : Cover Half-title page Title page Copyright page Contents Preface Introduction Acknowledgments Editorial Conventions List of Contributors List of Illustrations Abbreviations Part 1: Kingship Kingship in Early Ireland Tara and the Supernatural Níell cáich úa Néill nasctar géill: the Political Context of Baile Chuinn Chétchathaig The Manuscript Tradition of Baile Chuinn Chétchathaig and its Relationship with Baile in Scáil Baile Chuinn Chétchathaig: Edition The Airgíalla Charter Poem: The Political Context The Airgíalla Charter Poem: The Legal Content The Airgíalla Charter Poem: Edition Prosopography I Prosopography II Re-composing the Archaeological Landscape of Tara Part 2: Landscape The Medieval Kingdom of Brega Significance and Etymology of the Placename Temair Temair/Tara and Other Places of the Name Bibliography