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archaeological site in Dublin. While Martin could not prevent the construction of a civic office building, in 1978, part of the site was declared a national monument. Martin, a keen horseman, earned from his colleagues the nickname "The Beggar on Horseback", from his evading a fine by citing that he
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He was chairman of the Friends of Medieval Dublin, 1976–83, and of the Dublin Historic Settlement Group, and was noted as a leading member of a well-publicized struggle, during the late 1970s and early 1980s, to save the historic
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Ireland, England, and the Continent in the Middle Ages and Beyond: Essays in Memory of a Turbulent Friar, F.X. Martin, OSA
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1979: "The Wood Quay Saga. Part 1: November 1977 – January 1979: Bulldozers and a National Monument", in
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Martin was the author of landmark books on the history of Ireland and of his own Augustinian order.
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1975: "Obstinate Skerrett, Missionary in Virginia, the West Indies and England, (c.1674–c.1688)",
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The Scholar Revolutionary: Eoin MacNeill, 1867–1945 and the making of the New Ireland
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No Hero in the House: Diarmaid Mac Murchada and the Coming of the Normans to Ireland
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Settlement and Society in Medieval Ireland: Studies presented to F.X. Martin, OSA
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Keimelia: Studies in Medieval Archaeology and History in memory of Tom Delaney
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1950: "John Baptist Rosseter, osa: Family background and pre-American years",
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in 1949. He was ordained a priest in 1952. Martin then pursued a doctorate at
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1955: "Archives of the Irish Augustinians in Rome: A summary report",
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Sanguinea Eremus Martyrum Hiberniae Ord. Eremit S.P. Augustini (1655)
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A New History of Ireland: Early Modern Ireland 1534–1691: volume III
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The Irish Volunteers 1913–1915: Recollections and Documents
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Irish material in the Augustinian Archives, Rome, 1354–1624
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The Journal of the Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland
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Irish Augustinian friar, historian, writer and archivist
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He was also chairman of the Council of Trustees of the
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Bulletin of the Irish Committee of Historical Studies
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Martin's papers are preserved in the archives of the
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National Library of Ireland, "Remembering FX Martin"
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Martin (eds.), Cork and New York. 452: 450: 557:Scholars and academics from County Kerry 166:1948: "The writings of Eoin Mac Neill", 160: 102: 421: 419: 107:Wood Quay demonstration, September 1978 14: 552:Academics of University College Dublin 524: 486:News item on the occasion of his death 447: 401: 399: 315:1981: "Dublin Universität 1312–1981", 295:, xix, National University of Ireland. 140:UN High Commissioner for Human Rights 82:Holy Faith Secondary School, Clontarf 572:People educated at Belvedere College 416: 396: 88:, in Dublin. In 1941, he became an 73:and became a controversial writer. 24: 562:Members of the Royal Irish Academy 385: 205:negotiates with James I, 1623–4", 25: 588: 328:, volume eight, Oxford (editor). 263:, (eds), Irish University Press. 470:"Professor F.X. Martin, O.S.A." 335:, volume nine, Oxford (editor). 479: 462: 436: 13: 1: 547:20th-century Irish historians 494: 346:, Dublin, Good Counsel Press. 318:Theologische Realenzyklopädie 250:Dictionnaire de Spiritualite 7: 476:, Vol. 131, 2001, pp. 154–. 275:John Skerrett (Augustinian) 221:The Course of Irish History 151:National Library of Ireland 122:National Library of Ireland 10: 593: 374:. Galway University Press. 312:, Dublin, pp. 215–33. 155:National Museum of Ireland 92:. He received a B.A. from 43:Proinsias Xavier Ó Máirtín 577:People from Ballylongford 248:1971: "Jean Waldeby " in 245:, lviii, pp. 279–92. 170:, No. 21, pp. 44–62. 94:University College Dublin 63:University College Dublin 378: 365:A New History of Ireland 358:A New History of Ireland 351:A New History of Ireland 344:, Co. Wexford, 1169–1881 333:A New History of Ireland 326:A New History of Ireland 168:Irish Historical Studies 367:, volume five (editor). 353:, volume four (editor). 273:, volume 35, 1975 (see 209:, No. 90, pp. 1–3. 48: 360:, volume two (editor). 108: 42: 567:Revisionism (Ireland) 161:Selected bibliography 106: 76:Martin was raised in 31:Francis Xavier Martin 259:, F. X. Martin, and 189:Archivium Hibernicum 98:Cambridge University 413:, 14 February 2000. 405:O'Sullivan, Kevin. 302:Giraldus Cambrensis 124:from 1977 to 1981. 532:Augustinian friars 433:, 6 February 2010. 342:Rathmacknee Castle 261:Francis John Byrne 136:Glasnevin Cemetery 117:was a mendicant. 109: 69:was for a while a 65:, and his brother 340:The Rosseters of 293:O Donnell Lecture 90:Augustinian friar 86:Belvedere College 84:and then went to 16:(Redirected from 584: 488: 483: 477: 466: 460: 454: 445: 440: 434: 423: 414: 403: 394: 389: 310:The Belevederian 232:Giles of Viterbo 21: 592: 591: 587: 586: 585: 583: 582: 581: 522: 521: 497: 492: 491: 484: 480: 467: 463: 455: 448: 441: 437: 424: 417: 411:The Irish Times 404: 397: 390: 386: 381: 268:Journal of the 163: 138:. 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Index

F.X. Martin
OSA
Irish
Ballylongford
County Kerry
University College Dublin
Malachi
Jesuit
Dublin
Holy Faith Secondary School, Clontarf
Belvedere College
Augustinian friar
University College Dublin
Cambridge University

Wood Quay
National Library of Ireland
Rathfarnham
Glasnevin Cemetery
UN High Commissioner for Human Rights
Mary Robinson
National Library of Ireland
National Museum of Ireland
Francis Nugent
T. W. Moody
Francis John Byrne
Galway Archaeological and Historical Society
John Skerrett (Augustinian)
O Donnell Lecture
Giraldus Cambrensis

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