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War, Truce and Murrain

War, Truce and Murrain

The Ireland recorded under 1133 was politically vigorous but deeply unstable. Toirdelbach Ua Conchobair, king...

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Ireland Before the Ice

Castlepook Reindeer Marks

31,998 BCE is not a date that can be matched to a recorded Irish event....

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Relics And Rivalries

Máel Sechnaill’s Tailtiu Revival

The Ireland of 1007 is unusually visible because several annalistic traditions record a cluster of...

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Kings, Clergy and Cattle

Kings, Clergy and Cattle

In 1150 Ireland had no single government, capital or uncontested monarch. Instead, provincial rulers and...

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Power Across Provinces

Power Across Provinces

A Year Seen Through Annals The surviving Irish annals give 1110 an unusually clear, if...

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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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A Year of Truces

A Year of Truces

For Ireland, 1102 was a year of negotiated pauses rather than settled peace. Two formidable...

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Greenagho’s Tundra Basin

Greenagho’s Tundra Basin

The label 31,881 BCE is a modern way of locating a point far beyond written...

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Before the Deep Freeze

Reindeer Processing at Castlepook

The label 31,979 BCE gives a useful point on a modern timeline, but it does...

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Before the Ice Peak

Before the Ice Peak

“31,948 BCE” is a modern chronological label, not a year that can be recovered from...

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