Ruaidrí’s Meath Intervention
Ireland entered 1160 in the aftermath of a major struggle for supremacy. Muirchertach Mac Lochlainn,...
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Frontiers Under Pressure
Ireland in 1178 was neither conquered nor divided into two simple, united camps. The lordship...
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Fire and Reform
The surviving record of this year is unusually revealing about Ireland’s religious institutions, even though...
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Reindeer by the Awbeg
The label 31,863 BCE is a modern way of locating a point deep in the...
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Comet Over Ireland
Ireland’s surviving annals make 1066 unusually vivid. They record contested kingships, killings in several regions,...
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The Doneraile Limestone Assemblage
The label 31,825 BCE is a modern chronological convenience, not a year that can be...
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Maguirebridge’s Tundra Record
A Date Beyond Calendar Precision The label 31,836 BCE gives a useful position on a...
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A Precarious Foothold
In 1211, the English crown’s position in Ireland looked formidable on paper but uncertain on...
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The Derryvree Drumlin Archive
A Date Beyond Annual History 31,891 BCE is not a year that can be recovered...
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Alliances and Fractures
Ireland entered 1180 divided among overlapping claims rather than neatly separated realms. Ruaidrí Ua Conchobair...
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