The Destruction of Kincora
The year opened in a kingdom unsettled by the death, in 1086, of Tairdelbach Ua...
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A Kingship Transformed
The political landscape of Ireland shifted decisively during this year. Muirchertach Ua Briain, the leading...
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A Kingship Unravels
A Sudden Political Crisis Ireland entered 1114 without a single, uncontested high king. Muirchertach Ua...
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A Kingship Transferred
Ireland in 1183 was divided among competing Gaelic kingdoms and recently established Anglo-Norman lordships. No...
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Athlone Castle Rises
In 1213 Ireland stood at the meeting point of several overlapping worlds. King John’s lordship...
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Connacht Reclaimed
In 1202 the most consequential change in Ireland occurred in Connacht, where a dynastic war...
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Truce and Uprooting
The surviving record of this year is unusually vivid but uneven. Irish annalists firmly place...
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Midlandian Glacial Stage
“31,928 BCE” is a modern chronological label, not a year for which Ireland has an...
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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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Cork Animal Processing
The label 31,958 BCE must not be mistaken for a year that anyone in Ireland...
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