Connacht Under Pressure
The surviving Irish annals present 1062 as a year of fractured authority rather than island-wide...
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Royal Power Tested
In 1210 Ireland was the scene of King John’s most forceful personal intervention in the...
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Hostages of the North
The surviving Irish annals make 1010 appear, at first glance, a year of deaths and...
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Diarmait’s Leinster Purge
The Ireland visible in the records for 1141 was not a single state governed through...
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Niall’s Capture in Uí Maine
The surviving annals present 1163 as a year of strained authority rather than decisive conquest....
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Munster Divided
In 1118 the balance of power in Ireland shifted sharply towards Connacht. The decisive developments...
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Awbeg Valley Reindeer
The label “31,877 BCE” is a modern way of placing a very remote point in...
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Ruaidrí’s Royal Peace
Power at the Centre Ireland in 1168 stood between two defining moments. The collapse of...
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Murchad’s Defeat at Durrow
The surviving Irish chronicles present 1059 as a year of raids, dynastic killings and political...
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Clontarf And Aftermath
For Ireland, 1014 is dominated by one firmly dated event: the Battle of Clontarf, fought...
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