Frontier, Faith and Succession
Ireland in 1220 was not governed as a single political unit. The English crown claimed...
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The Fall at Odba
For Ireland, 1072 was a year of abrupt political change. Diarmait mac Máel na mBó,...
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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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Synod of Inispatrick
For Ireland, 1148 was a year in which political rivalry and ecclesiastical reform repeatedly crossed...
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Tairdelbach’s Waterford Fleet
Ireland in 1137 was a land of ambitious overkings, shifting alliances and increasingly organised churches,...
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Castles and Contested Kingship
Ireland in 1184 was governed not by a single uncontested authority but through overlapping claims,...
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Snow, Hostages and Reform
Ireland in 1105 was dominated by the contest between Muirchertach Ua Briain, king of Munster...
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Doneraile’s Reindeer Cutmark
A date labelled 31,913 BCE offers a useful point from which to examine a very...
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Fire, Wind and Frontiers
Ireland in 1223 was not a single political unit moving to one rhythm. The lordship...
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