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Fire and Fragmented Power

Fire and Fragmented Power

Ireland in 1108 was not a single kingdom governed from one centre. It was a...

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Ireland Before the Ice

Cork Reindeer Butchery

“31,995 BCE” is a modern calendar label, not a date at which archaeology can identify...

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Derryvree’s Tundra Pools

Derryvree’s Tundra Pools

The label 31,908 BCE is a modern chronological convenience, not a date at which an...

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Munster Under Pressure

Battle of Sliabh gCrot

The surviving Irish annals make 1058 unusually visible for an eleventh-century year. They record a...

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A Kingdom Negotiated

A Kingdom Negotiated

In 1161 Ireland was not a single state governed through permanent institutions. It was a...

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Doneraile’s Mammoth Cave

Doneraile’s Mammoth Cave

The numbered year 31,914 BCE cannot be treated as a date at which a recorded...

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Frontiers of Kingship

Frontiers of Kingship

Ireland entered 1100 without a single monarch capable of ruling the whole island as a...

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The Awbeg Reindeer Incision

The Awbeg Reindeer Incision

The label 31,816 BCE is a modern chronological convenience, not a date that can be...

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The Silent Reindeer Femur

The Silent Reindeer Femur

The label “31,822 BCE” can only be used here as a modern way of locating...

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Before the Ice Advance

Ruth Carden’s Cut Mark

A Calendar Label, Not an Event “31,934 BCE” is a modern way of naming a...

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