Derryvree Freshwater Sequence
The label 31,927 BCE gives a misleading impression of precision. No Irish community used a...
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War on Two Fronts
Ireland’s annalists remembered this as “a year of much warfare”. That description, preserved in the...
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The Castlepook Femur
The numerical label 31,924 BCE cannot denote an Irish historical year in the ordinary sense....
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Shifting Lordships
In 1219, Ireland did not experience a single island-wide turning point. Instead, the year exposed...
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Kings, Clergy and Cattle
In 1150 Ireland had no single government, capital or uncontested monarch. Instead, provincial rulers and...
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Fermanagh’s Mossy Pools
A Date Beyond Annals 31,899 BCE is a modern calendar label, not a year for...
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Derryvree Interstadial Deposits
“31,963 BCE” is a modern way of labelling a point so remote that it cannot...
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Shandon’s Red-Deer World
The label 31,882 BCE should not be treated as a year in which Irish archaeology...
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Cathal Carrach Restored
In 1200, Ireland was not a single political unit governed from one capital. The island...
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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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