The Castlepook Reindeer Question
The date conventionally written as 31,876 BCE creates an impression of precision that the evidence...
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Hugh de Lacy’s Death
Ireland in 1186 was neither conquered nor politically united. Seventeen years after the first Anglo-Norman...
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Castlepook Reindeer Marks
31,998 BCE is not a date that can be matched to a recorded Irish event....
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Affrica Founds Grey Abbey
In 1193, Ireland remained a patchwork of competing lordships rather than a country governed from...
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Ruaidrí’s Royal Peace
Power at the Centre Ireland in 1168 stood between two defining moments. The collapse of...
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Derryvree’s Periglacial Waters
The number 31,904 BCE is useful as a point of orientation, but it cannot describe...
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Derryvree’s Tundra Pools
The label 31,908 BCE is a modern chronological convenience, not a date at which an...
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The Doneraile Reindeer Clue
The label “31,889 BCE” gives a useful point of orientation for a modern chronological series,...
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Clones Castle Burns
In 1212, Ireland was neither a single kingdom nor a country divided simply between ‘Irish’...
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Frontiers and Fractures
In 1209, Ireland was not a single political unit moving to one national rhythm. The...
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