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Contest for Connacht

Contest for Connacht

In 1203, Ireland’s political map was neither simply Gaelic nor simply Anglo-Norman. Kings, provincial dynasties,...

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Before the Ice Sheet

Crag Cave Calcite Growth

Modern calendar precision cannot be carried back reliably to 31,965 BCE. The number is a...

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Before the Deep Freeze

Reindeer Processing at Castlepook

The label 31,979 BCE gives a useful point on a modern timeline, but it does...

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Maguirebridge’s Tundra Lake

Maguirebridge’s Tundra Lake

“31,896 BCE” is a modern calendar label, not a year that anybody in Ireland could...

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Derryvree’s Tundra Silt

Derryvree’s Tundra Silt

31,831 BCE is not a year that can be recovered from the Irish archaeological record...

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Before The Great Ice

Ruth Carden’s Reassessment

The label 31,954 BCE cannot identify a recorded Irish year, an event, a ruler or...

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Power and Piety

Niall’s Capture in Uí Maine

The surviving annals present 1163 as a year of strained authority rather than decisive conquest....

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After Clontarf

Sitriuc Blinds Braen

Four years after the battle of Clontarf, Ireland in 1018 was not a country at...

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Fermanagh’s Silt Interval

Fermanagh’s Silt Interval

“31,868 BCE” is a useful modern label, not a date at which anyone in Ireland...

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A Year of Strain

A Year of Strain

In 1081 Ireland was not a single state governed from one capital. It was a...

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