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Fires and Hostages

Fires and Hostages

The year 1020 in Ireland is unusually vivid in the annalistic record because several notices...

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Castlepook’s Open Season

Castlepook’s Open Season

The label 31,845 BCE gives a reassuringly exact appearance to a time for which exact...

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Munster’s Shattered Balance

Munster’s Shattered Balance

Ireland’s political order changed sharply during 1151. The year was dominated by a struggle for...

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Rival Kingships

Rival Kingships

In 1201, Ireland’s political map was shaped less by a single conquest than by overlapping...

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Before the Deep Freeze

Crag Cave Interstadial

The label 31,949 BCE offers a useful point on a modern chronological scale, but it...

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Before the Ice

Periglacial Shrub Tundra

A Date Beyond Annals 31,937 BCE cannot be treated as a year in the ordinary...

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Awbeg Valley Reindeer

Awbeg Valley Reindeer

The label “31,877 BCE” is a modern way of placing a very remote point in...

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Reindeer at Doneraile

Reindeer at Doneraile

The label 31,918 BCE supplies a useful point on a modern chronological scale, but it...

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Before the Great Ice

Cave Sediment Chronologies

“31,932 BCE” is a modern calendar label, not a date that can be matched to...

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Before the Great Ice

Castlepook’s Ambiguous Toolmark

“31,930 BCE” is a modern chronological label, not a date that can be recovered from...

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