Dr Patrick McDonagh
@pmcdonagh7
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Research Studentship at the National Library of Ireland | Historian of Late Medieval Ireland, Wales, and England | Irish Traveller | https://t.co/VJwJDxWwA7
Dublin City, Ireland
Joined January 2017
Very happy day yesterday at Trinity College Dublin being awarded my PhD in History
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Read about #EdmundMortimer's career in Ireland in this talk by Patrick McDonagh, given at our conference this summer Which investigated the medieval Mortimer family's influence and activity in Ireland.
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MHS Lectures Online Autumn Conference 2025 Magna Carta 1225: the start of 800 years of constitutional change Saturday 4th October 2025 Why 2025 is the 800th Anniversary of Magna Carta ☛☛ - Professor...
#OTD Edmund Mortimer 5th Earl of March was born in Ireland 1391 A threat to the throne Henry IV kept young Edmund under strict watch Berkhamstead Castle was one place Edmund spent his early years before his abduction from Windsor in 1405 #OTD #EdmundMortimer #berkhamsteadcastle
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Today's unexpected archival discovery in the @NLIreland is this spooky pentacle on a late fourteenth century document. It is the signum or personal sign of a notary called Richard Wheeler. #Archives #Manuscripts #Medieval #Ireland #Halloween
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Today's highlight in the manuscript reading room of the @NLIreland is this example of an impaled coat of arms belonging to Margaret de Typetot which shows her own coat of arms with those of her husband John Cheyne. Attached to a charter from 1378.
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The seal of the Staple of Waterford attached to a charter from 1457 at the @NLIreland. The Staples where the designated entrepots for the export of certain goods in the lands of the Plantagenet kings of England and in Ireland included Waterford, Cork, Dublin, and Drogheda.
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Gem of a seal belonging to Sir Richard de Burgh or Burke attached to an indenture from 1360 at the @NLIreland. Showing the Burke coat of arms (a red cross on a gold field) it also shows a label at the top of the arms designating a junior branch of the family.
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It was a pleasure to collaborate with Paul Dryburgh (TNA, UK) on this blog on the fascinating life of H.S Sweetman. More to come so watch this space! @pablodiablo74 @TCDHistHum @UkNatArchives
https://t.co/IUkVj2wk7m
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Really exciting development at the @NLIreland. 380 deeds (D. 1 to D. 380) have been digitised and are available to view on the computers in the Manuscript Reading Room. Shown below is the great seal of Henry III (D. 166) and a papal bull of Pope Alexander IV (D. 195).
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Really cool coming across this signature today in the @NLIreland. 'T Norffolk' is the signature of Thomas Howard, duke of Norfolk, and uncle to Anne Boleyn and Catherine Howard, both of whom where executed by Henry VIII. It is on a charter granting land in Ireland in 1528.
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The seal of Risdeárd Ó hÉidigheáin, archbishop of Cashel in the early fifteenth century, at the @NLIreland. Depicting him in his episcopal role, the seal also two coats of arms which appear to be those of the Butler earls of Ormond and the Fitzgerald earls of Desmond or Kildare.
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Today's find in the manuscript reading room at the @NLIreland is the common seal of the town of Clonmel attached to a deed from 1410 The seal shows a dog hunting a stag, whose antlers are a fine detail. #Manuscripts #Archives #Seals #Medieval #Ireland
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Impressive seal belonging to Thomas of Lancaster, younger brother of the future Henry V, attached to a letters patent from 1408 when Thomas was the lieutenant of Ireland at the @NLIreland. Thomas' seal shows his coat of arms which are surmounted by a helmet and a lion crest.
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Good impression of the English exchequer seal attached to a letters patent to the second earl of Ormond from 1367 at the @NLIreland.
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Am very pleased to have just come across this nice manicule (or hand with a pointing index finger) in a letters patent of Richard II to the earl of Ormond dating from 1379 which is held by the @NLIreland.
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Good news! All 3 presentations from the MHS Online Lecture held on Wednesday 2nd July 2025 - 'Lords in a Foreign Land: the Mortimers (and Yorks) and Ireland' - are now available via the MHS webpage. Superb presentations by Simon Egan, Patrick McDonagh and Matt Lewis.
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Looking forward to speaking at the FMD annual symposium on Saturday. It’s in TCD, no registration is needed and all are welcome! @TCDHistHum @HistFest @DubCityCouncil
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Really fantastic seal belonging to Geoffrey Walsh attached to a deed from 1374 at the @NLIreland. On the seal can be seen Geoffrey's coat of arms which shows a chevron, three barbed arrowheads, and two stars which are flanking the apex of the chevron.
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A sixteenth century English royal seal showing Henry VIII standing on a ship with scepter and orb in hand at the @NLIreland.
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An excellent talk well worth listening to given by @pablodiablo74, Medieval Records Specialist at The National Archives (UK), on the history of the medieval English colony in Ireland and the surviving documentary record: https://t.co/S6f0OGNQv1
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A great seal depicting a child king enthroned in majesty at the @NLIreland. This broken seal is attached to a writ in the name of King Edward, which in this case likely refers to the Yorkist pretender Lambert Simnel who was crowned as Edward VI in Dublin in May 1487.
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