Archive Records

Before the Ice

Mammoth Cave Assemblage

31,944 BCE is a modern calendar label, not a date at which archaeology can identify...

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A Kingdom Under Strain

A Kingdom Under Strain

The surviving chronicles make 1085 appear quieter than the years immediately around it, but their...

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The Trembling Sod

The Trembling Sod

The annalist’s verdict on 1145 was stark: there was “great war” and Ireland became a...

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The Doneraile Tundra

The Doneraile Tundra

Modern calendar-year precision is not available for Ireland in 31,916 BCE. This label is a...

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Before the Ice Advance

Castlepook’s Reindeer Bone

Modern calendar precision cannot responsibly turn 31,956 BCE into an Irish annal. No community in...

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Kingship Under Strain

Cormac’s Return from Lismore

Irish politics in 1127 revolved around the formidable Tairdelbach Ua Conchobair, king of Connacht and...

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Cork Caves, Fermanagh Silts

Cork Caves, Fermanagh Silts

31,867 BCE is not a year that can be isolated in Ireland’s archaeological record. It...

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Kingship in Upheaval

Kingship in Upheaval

The record of this year is unusually rich in political deaths, depositions and mutilations. Its...

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Before the Great Ice

Castlepook Reindeer Femur

31,994 BCE is not a year that can be recovered with modern calendar precision. It...

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Ice Age Threshold

Ice Age Threshold

Modern calendar-year precision cannot be recovered for 31,997 BCE. The label is a retrospective point...

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