Rival Kingships
In 1201, Ireland’s political map was shaped less by a single conquest than by overlapping...
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Siege of Ardnurcher
In 1207 Ireland was not a single political unit but a crowded field of rival...
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Castlepook’s Reindeer Bone
Modern calendar precision cannot responsibly turn 31,956 BCE into an Irish annal. No community in...
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Fire and Foray
For Ireland, 1112 was not a year of a single decisive battle or royal succession....
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Hostages and Holy Places
In 1048 Ireland had no single government capable of imposing lasting peace across the island....
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A Fragile Conquest
Ireland in 1173 stood between invasion and settlement. Four years had passed since the first...
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Hyaena Hall’s Open Country
The label 31,903 BCE is a modern chronological convenience, not a year that can be...
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Derryvree Beneath the Till
The label 31,977 BCE is a modern way of locating a point far beyond the...
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Tairdelbach’s Divided Ireland
The surviving record of 1135 is unusually rich in short, vivid notices: fleets on the...
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A Kingdom Overturned
Few years in medieval Irish history produced so rapid a reversal of political fortune. At...
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