Description: This book explores how the Christian phenomenon of relic veneration became manifest in early Ireland and evaluates the continuity between Irish practice and that on the continent. Winner of the National University of Ireland (NUI) Publication Prize in Irish History
Review Quotes: "[This] is a well-argued, insightful book about religious things and their uses in early medieval Ireland. Experts on the topic will profit from Wycherley's philological investigations. Non-specialists will appreciate the book as an accessible introduction to yet another of the countless Christianities of early medieval Europe." --Lisa Bitel, University of Southern California, The Medieval Review 17.05.13