Irish Chiefs and Clans of Ireland Prize in History 2017
By Averil Staunton
I recently received this request which I felt may interest some of our worldwide supporters. Somebody might like to participate or you may know somebody else who would like to be creative! If you know of a writers' Group in your area please let them know about it too. See details below:
"I am writing to you on behalf of the joint committee of Clans of Ireland and the Standing Council of Irish Chiefs and Chieftains, who collaboratively sponsor an annual essay competition on Gaelic Ireland. The competition was designed to encourage original research into our Gaelic past, and is run in association with the History Department of Trinity College, Dublin and History Ireland magazine. Each year the winning entrant is awarded a substantial cash prize, together with an opportunity to have the prizewinning essay published in a subsequent edition of History Ireland.
A measure of the success of the project to date has been the publication in December 2013 of an anthology of prizewinning and highly commended runner-up essays, edited by Dr Katharine Simms in Gaelic Ireland (c.600-c.1700): politics, culture and landscapes. A second volume, of which I will be joint editor with Dr Simms, is planned for publication later in 2017, and will incorporate essays of superior quality submitted between 2013 and 2016.
It is the shared objective of Clans of Ireland and the Standing Council of Irish Chiefs and Chieftains that this very worthwhile project should be brought to the attention of as many potential entrants as possible. To this end, I am requesting your assistance in publicising the details of the essay competition, by circulating the attached document to the members of your Society and all others whom you feel might be interested in taking part in the competition".
For further details, see http://www.tcd.ie/history/irishclansandchiefsprize.php.
See more below:
Council of Irish Chiefs and Clans of Ireland Prize in History 2017
The Standing Council of Irish Chiefs and Chieftains and Clans of Ireland (Finte na hÉireann) in association with the History Department of Trinity College, Dublin and History/Ireland magazine is offering a prize of €500 for the winning entrant in an essay competition on Gaelic Ireland.
Entry is open to all persons over 18 years who are NOT on the academic staff of a history department in any third-level institution.
Essay must be on a topic dealing with any aspect of the political, social or cultural history of Gaelic Ireland (within the date-range 400 to 1690 A.D), such as Irish kingship, lordship, land-holding, genealogy, family history etc. It should be approximately 2,000 words in length and accompanied by full footnote references to sources used, with a bibliography at the end (footnotes and bibliography will not be counted as part of the word-length). It may be written in English or Irish.
Entries, with candidate’s name, address and contact details should be e-mailed (preferably) as an attached MS-Word file to:mksimms@tcd.ie or posted to:
‘Chiefs and Clans Prize’
c/o Katharine Simms,
History Department,