Conchobar Slain at Bealach
The surviving Irish chronicles make this a year of unusually visible political change, although they...
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Raids and Reckonings
The surviving record of 1056 is unusually revealing, though far from complete. Irish annals identify...
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Dryas at Derryvree
The label 31,872 BCE is useful for placing this entry in a long chronological sequence,...
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Muskeg Beneath Fermanagh
31,906 BCE is a modern calendar label, not a year for which Ireland possesses an...
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Hyaena Hall’s Reindeer
“31,824 BCE” is a modern chronological label, not a year that anyone in prehistoric Ireland...
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Castles, Fleets and Hostages
Ireland in 1124 was dominated by the restless ambitions of Tairdelbach Ua Conchobair, king of...
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Hostages And Pilgrims
The surviving record for 1026 is unusually revealing because several Irish annals, though brief, agree...
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Rival Kings and Raids
Ireland in 1055 had no uncontested high-king. Power rested with provincial rulers, lesser kings, dynastic...
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Crag Cave Interstadial
The label 31,949 BCE offers a useful point on a modern chronological scale, but it...
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The Castlepook Reindeer Question
The date conventionally written as 31,876 BCE creates an impression of precision that the evidence...
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