Henry II’s Dublin Court
In 1172 Ireland stood at the centre of a political experiment whose consequences were not...
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Cashel and Aileach
A Kingdom Without One King Ireland in 1101 was dominated by a contest between two...
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Castlepook’s Reindeer Passage
The label 31,898 BCE cannot identify a documented Irish event, a ruler, or even a...
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Carden’s Castlepook Interpretation
Modern calendar-year precision is not available for Ireland at 31,925 BCE. The label is a...
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Derryvree’s Periglacial Pool
“31,813 BCE” is a modern chronological label, not a year that can be recovered from...
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A Year of Raids
The surviving Irish chronicles present 1053 as a year of warfare conducted on several overlapping...
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A Kingship Transformed
The political landscape of Ireland shifted decisively during this year. Muirchertach Ua Briain, the leading...
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Spotted Hyaena at Castlepook
A Modern Year in Deep Time “31,941 BCE” is a modern chronological label, not a...
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Tides of Rivalry
The surviving annals make 1045 unusually vivid, though they do not provide a continuous story...
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Peace at Fid Conaill
The surviving record of 1097 is unusually revealing. Ireland’s annalists noted a confrontation between the...
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