Athlone Castle Rises
In 1213 Ireland stood at the meeting point of several overlapping worlds. King John’s lordship...
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Royal Power Tested
In 1210 Ireland was the scene of King John’s most forceful personal intervention in the...
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Contest for Connacht
In 1203, Ireland’s political map was neither simply Gaelic nor simply Anglo-Norman. Kings, provincial dynasties,...
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Succession and Pressure
In 1194, Ireland’s political map was neither settled nor neatly divided between “Irish” and “Norman”...
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