This 1982 collection examines Ireland's relations with the rest of western Europe between AD 400 and 1200.

List of plates; Acknowledgements; List of abbreviation; Foreword; 1. Kathleen Winifred Hughes 1926-1977 Rosamond McKitterick; 2. Bibliography of the publications of Kathleen Hughes David Dumville; Part I: 3. Red, white and blue martyrdom Clare Stancliffe; 4. Bishop Ecgred, Phetred and Niall Dorothy Whitelock; 5. Dignatio diei dominici: an element in the iconography of Irish crosses Ann Hamlin; Part II: 6. Pictish art and the Book of Kells Isabel Henderson; 7. Dalriada and the creation of the kingdom of the Scots Marjorie O. Anderson; 8. Matriliny by treaty: the Pictish foundation-legend Molly Miller; Part III: 9. A pre-Christian survival in mediaeval Irish hagiography D. A. Binchy; 10. The cult of St Indract at Glastonbury Michael Lapdige; 11. Foreign connections and domestic politics: Killaloe and the Uí Briain in twelfth-century hagiography Donnchadh ó Corráin; Part IV: 12. The evidence for vernacular Irish literary influence on early mediaeval Welsh literature Patrick Sims-Williams; 13. The Latin charter-tradition in western Britain, Brittany and Ireland in the early mediaeval period Wendy Davies; 14. Periphyseon: the descent of the Uncompleted Copy T. A. M. Bishop; Part V: 15. Episodes in the history of Easter cycles in Ireland Kenneth Harrison; 16. Latin and Irish in the Annals of Ulster, AD 431-1050 David Dumville; Part VI: 17. The Vikings and Ireland Peter Sawyer; 18. Ireland and western Gaul in the Merovingian period Edward James; Index of manuscripts; General Index.