Archive Records

Connacht Ascendant

Connacht Ascendant

The surviving Irish annals make 1122 unusually visible, but they do not provide a continuous...

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A Lordship Unsettled

Strongbow’s Death

Ireland entered 1176 under a peace that existed more convincingly on parchment than on the...

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Before the Ice

Castlepook Cave Fauna

32,000 BCE is a modern chronological label, not a date that can be matched to...

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Muskeg Beneath Fermanagh

Muskeg Beneath Fermanagh

31,906 BCE is a modern calendar label, not a year for which Ireland possesses an...

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Before the Ice Sheet

Derryvree Freshwater Sequence

The label 31,927 BCE gives a misleading impression of precision. No Irish community used a...

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Before the Ice Advance

Southern Irish Raised Beaches

The label 31,952 BCE is a modern chronological convenience, not a year that anyone living...

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Brian At Armagh

Brian At Armagh

A Year On Campaign The year 1005 is one of the clearest moments in the...

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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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Reindeer Bone at Mammoth Cave

Reindeer Bone at Mammoth Cave

The label 31,871 BCE gives a useful point of entry, but it cannot describe a...

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North Cork’s Single Incision

North Cork’s Single Incision

“31,880 BCE” is a modern label, not a date that anyone living in prehistoric Ireland...

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