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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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Cork Cave-Bone Archive

Cork Cave-Bone Archive

The label 31,839 BCE cannot denote an event in Ireland in the way that a...

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Derryvree’s Tundra Waters

Derryvree’s Tundra Waters

Modern calendar-year precision cannot responsibly be projected onto Ireland in 31,812 BCE. The label is...

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Hostages and Burned Churches

Hostages and Burned Churches

Ireland in 1049 was a country without a single uncontested ruler. Its provincial kings and...

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Royal Power Tested

Royal Power Tested

In 1210 Ireland was the scene of King John’s most forceful personal intervention in the...

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Maguirebridge Sedge Basin

Maguirebridge Sedge Basin

The label 31,890 BCE gives a useful point of reference, but it cannot identify an...

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Derryvree’s Frostbound Pool

Derryvree’s Frostbound Pool

31,844 BCE is not a date at which Ireland can be assigned an event, a...

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Chapel, Campaigns and Cattle

Chapel, Campaigns and Cattle

In 1134 Ireland’s political order remained fluid, competitive and intensely regional. Tairdelbach Ua Conchobair was...

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Before the Deep Freeze

Mammoth Cave Fauna

31,959 BCE is a modern chronological label, not a year that can be isolated in...

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Before The Deep Freeze

British-Irish Ice Sheet Expansion

“31,955 BCE” is a modern calendar label, not a date that can be matched to...

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