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Frontiers and Foundations

Battle at Dunbo

For Ireland, 1182 was not a year governed from one capital or shaped by one...

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Before the Ice Advance

Derryvree’s Tundra Archive

31,989 BCE is not a date at which Ireland can be described year by year...

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The Struggle at Ardee

The Struggle at Ardee

Ireland’s annalists remembered 1159 above all as a year of armies, alliances and contested crossings....

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Before the Ice Sheet

Exposed Celtic Sea Shelf

Modern calendar-year precision is not available for Ireland in 31,960 BCE. The label is a...

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Reindeer by the Awbeg

Reindeer by the Awbeg

The label 31,863 BCE is a modern way of locating a point deep in the...

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Derryvree’s Sedge Marsh

Derryvree’s Sedge Marsh

31,833 BCE is a modern calendar label, not a date that can be recovered from...

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Victory at Thurles

Victory at Thurles

In 1174 the Anglo-Norman foothold in Ireland came close to a serious military crisis. Only...

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Ireland Before the Ice

Atlantic Ice Sheet Growth

“31,991 BCE” is a modern way of labelling a point unimaginably far beyond written history....

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A Kingship Transformed

A Kingship Transformed

The political landscape of Ireland shifted decisively during this year. Muirchertach Ua Briain, the leading...

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Castles and Cattle

Castles and Cattle

For Ireland, 1214 is best approached not as a single national story but as a...

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