Synod of Ráith Bressail
Ireland in 1111 was neither a unified kingdom nor an isolated collection of local communities....
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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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Lordship And Frontiers
In 1215 Ireland was not a single state governed evenly from one centre. King John...
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Carden’s Castlepook Interpretation
Modern calendar-year precision is not available for Ireland at 31,925 BCE. The label is a...
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Cut-Marked Reindeer Bone
The label 31,999 BCE should not be mistaken for a date that people in Ice...
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Pallia and Partitions
Two assemblies defined Ireland in 1152. One gathered churchmen to settle the island’s ecclesiastical order;...
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A Fragile Lordship
In 1217 Ireland stood at the meeting-point of several worlds: the lordship governed in the...
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Castlepook Reindeer Incision
The label 31,974 BCE is a modern way of placing a very remote point in...
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Fire and Fragmented Power
Ireland in 1108 was not a single kingdom governed from one centre. It was a...
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A Frontier Widens
In 1177 the struggle for Ireland entered a new phase. The Anglo-Norman footholds established since...
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