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Fire and Fragmented Power

Fire and Fragmented Power

Ireland in 1108 was not a single kingdom governed from one centre. It was a...

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Derryvree’s Sedge Marsh

Derryvree’s Sedge Marsh

31,833 BCE is a modern calendar label, not a date that can be recovered from...

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Frontier, Faith and Succession

Frontier, Faith and Succession

Ireland in 1220 was not governed as a single political unit. The English crown claimed...

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Storm and Rivalry

Storm and Rivalry

Ireland in 1037 was governed not as a single kingdom with settled institutions, but through...

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Castlepook’s Marked Reindeer Femur

Castlepook’s Marked Reindeer Femur Revisited

Modern calendar-year precision is not available for Ireland in 31,915 BCE. The number is a...

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The Silent Reindeer Femur

The Silent Reindeer Femur

The label “31,822 BCE” can only be used here as a modern way of locating...

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Derryvree Between Two Tills

Derryvree Between Two Tills

“31,856 BCE” is a modern numerical label, not a date that can be recovered from...

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Reindeer Bone at Mammoth Cave

Reindeer Bone at Mammoth Cave

The label 31,871 BCE gives a useful point of entry, but it cannot describe a...

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Frontiers and Fortresses

Clones Castle Burns

In 1212, Ireland was neither a single kingdom nor a country divided simply between ‘Irish’...

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Bogbean Beneath the Tills

Bogbean Beneath the Tills

“31,902 BCE” gives an impression of precision that the evidence cannot sustain. No event in...

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