Activities per year
Personal profile
Research Focus
My research explores the function and signficance of the pilgrimage to St Patrick's Purgatory in Late Medieval Irish Society. This involves a cumulative assessment of a wide range of source material, including continental pilgrim narratives, the Irish Annals, Registers of the Archbishops of the Armagh, as well as a corpus of bardic poems that deal specifically with the site.
Prizes
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DfE PhD Research Studentship
Shields, Tara (Recipient), Oct 2021
Prize: Prize (including medals and awards)
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International Medieval Congress
Tara Shields (Participant)
03 Jul 2023Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Participation in conference
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The Pilgrimage to St Patrick's Purgatory: its Function and Significance in Late Medieval Irish Society
Tara Shields (Invited speaker)
20 May 2023Activity: Talk or presentation types › Invited talk
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St Patrick's Purgatory and the Primacy of Armagh
Tara Shields (Speaker)
21 Apr 2023Activity: Talk or presentation types › Oral presentation
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Borderlines XXV: Landscape and Movement in the Medieval and Early Modern World
Tara Shields (Member of the organising committee)
2023Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Participation in conference
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To the Ends of the Earth: Continental Pilgrim Itineraries to Saint Patrick's Purgatory
Tara Shields (Presenter)
01 Jul 2022Activity: Talk or presentation types › Oral presentation