Greenagho’s Mosses
31,909 BCE is a modern chronological label, not a year that anyone then living in...
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Carden’s Reindeer Femur
The label 31,953 BCE is a modern chronological convenience, not a year that anyone in...
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Armies and Intercession
The surviving Irish annals present 1109 as a year of campaigning, hostage-taking, ecclesiastical intervention and...
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Frontiers of Kingship
Ireland entered 1100 without a single monarch capable of ruling the whole island as a...
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A Femur in North Cork
The number 31,875 BCE gives an impression of precision that the evidence cannot sustain. No...
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Castlepook’s Open Season
The label 31,845 BCE gives a reassuringly exact appearance to a time for which exact...
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A Changing Lordship
In 1216 Ireland stood at the meeting point of several political worlds: the Gaelic lordships,...
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Castlepook Cave Mammals
The label 31,942 BCE is a modern chronological convenience, not a date that can be...
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Crown Comes Ashore
In 1171 Ireland’s political order entered a new and uncertain phase. The year began with...
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Juniper Beneath the Drumlins
The label 31,861 BCE gives a misleading impression of precision. No Irish community kept a...
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