A Northern Reckoning
The surviving chronicles make 1078 unusually visible in northern Ireland. They record no single invasion...
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Clontarf And Aftermath
For Ireland, 1014 is dominated by one firmly dated event: the Battle of Clontarf, fought...
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Cattle, Kings And Clergy
The surviving Irish notices for 1009 are brief, but they open a revealing window onto...
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A Winter Of Succession
The Ireland of 1008 is seen through a narrow but revealing window. The principal Irish...
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The Great Snow
The surviving Irish chronicles remember this year above all for exceptional cold, political violence and...
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Truce and Uprooting
The surviving record of this year is unusually vivid but uneven. Irish annalists firmly place...
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Fractured Lordships
The surviving Irish record for 1032 is not a continuous narrative but a set of...
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Kings, Relics and Winter
Ireland in 1093 was dominated by a contest for power rather than by any universally...
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Kingship Under Pressure
The year 1063 stands out as a moment when several regional struggles reached a decisive...
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Raids and Pilgrims
The surviving Irish annals make 1031 a year of hard edges: pilgrim kings returning from...
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