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Early Irish history: the state of the art

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  21 March 2016

Elva Johnston*
Affiliation:
Department of Early (including Medieval) Irish History, University College Dublin

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Copyright © Irish Historical Studies Publications Ltd 2003

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