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Raiders And Rivalries

Raiders And Rivalries

The surviving Irish annals make 1019 a year of sharp local violence, damaged churches and...

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Doneraile’s Cave Archive

Doneraile’s Cave Archive

31,850 BCE is not a year that can be recovered from Ireland’s prehistoric record in...

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Doneraile’s Butchery Debate

Doneraile’s Butchery Debate

The label 31,858 BCE is a modern convenience, not a year that anyone living in...

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Derryvree’s Periglacial Waters

Derryvree’s Periglacial Waters

The number 31,904 BCE is useful as a point of orientation, but it cannot describe...

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Connacht Under Pressure

Connacht Under Pressure

The surviving Irish annals present 1062 as a year of fractured authority rather than island-wide...

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Kings at Mellifont

Kings at Mellifont

Ireland entered the year with its political balance newly unsettled. Tairdelbach Ua Conchobair, the formidable...

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The Silent Reindeer Femur

The Silent Reindeer Femur

The label “31,822 BCE” can only be used here as a modern way of locating...

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Frontiers and Fractures

Frontiers and Fractures

In 1209, Ireland was not a single political unit moving to one national rhythm. The...

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Hyaena Hall’s Reindeer

Hyaena Hall’s Reindeer

“31,824 BCE” is a modern chronological label, not a year that anyone in prehistoric Ireland...

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War Across the Shannon

War Across the Shannon

The surviving annals make 1132 one of the more vividly recorded years of Ireland’s early...

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