A Precarious Foothold
In 1211, the English crown’s position in Ireland looked formidable on paper but uncertain on...
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Derryvree’s Moss and Silt
“31,846 BCE” is a modern label imposed on a time far beyond written records, named...
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Castlepook’s Faunal Boundary
The label 31,866 BCE gives a misleading impression of precision. No Irish event can be...
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Mellifont and Rival Kings
The surviving record of 1142 is unusually revealing. Irish annalists describe royal deaths, disputed successions,...
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Victory at Thurles
In 1174 the Anglo-Norman foothold in Ireland came close to a serious military crisis. Only...
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A Divided Lordship
Ireland in 1205 was not a single political unit, nor was it simply a country...
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Relics and Rival Kings
The surviving record of this year is brief but unusually vivid. Irish annalists noted a...
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Derryvree’s Buried Fen
The label 31,879 BCE is a modern way of marking a point about 33,828 years...
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Raids and Reckonings
The surviving record of 1056 is unusually revealing, though far from complete. Irish annals identify...
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Rival Kingships
In 1201, Ireland’s political map was shaped less by a single conquest than by overlapping...
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