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Kingship in Flux

Kingship in Flux

The surviving Irish annals make 1046 unusually visible, but only in sharp fragments. They record...

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Juniper Beneath the Drumlins

Juniper Beneath the Drumlins

The label 31,861 BCE gives a misleading impression of precision. No Irish community kept a...

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The Fall at Odba

The Fall at Odba

For Ireland, 1072 was a year of abrupt political change. Diarmait mac Máel na mBó,...

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After Máel Sechnaill

After Máel Sechnaill

A Year Of Endings The Irish year 1022 is dominated by the death of Máel...

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Elephant Hall’s Bone Archive

Elephant Hall’s Bone Archive

The label “31,885 BCE” should not be mistaken for a dated Irish event. No written...

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Castlepook’s Fading Fauna

Castlepook’s Fading Fauna

The numbered year 31,854 BCE cannot be treated as a date at which a recorded...

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Before the Great Ice

Cork Animal Processing

The label 31,958 BCE must not be mistaken for a year that anyone in Ireland...

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Before the Great Ice

Castlepook’s Marked Reindeer Femur

A Date Beyond the Annals 31,973 BCE is not a year that can be recovered...

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Hostages And Sanctuaries

Hostages And Sanctuaries

In Ireland, 1025 was a year of contested authority rather than a year of one...

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Before the Great Ice

Cave Sediment Chronologies

“31,932 BCE” is a modern calendar label, not a date that can be matched to...

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