The year of the Battle of Clontarf, 1014, is not in any doubt, as our annals are unanimous on this point, but the trad-itional belief that it took place on […]
Read More →The Book of Armagh (Trinity College Dublin MS 52) is one of the most significant manuscripts to survive from early medieval Ireland. A small volume (c. 195mm x 145mm), it […]
Read More →As well as Ferdomnach, there were at least two, and perhaps as many as four, other scribes, writing separate sections, which were brought together at an early date in a […]
Read More →Irish genealogies remain an under-used source in Irish family history, probably because very few people can trace their ancestry back far enough to link up to them. (Notable exceptions include […]
Read More →Sitric Silkenbeard, king of Dublin, might be turning in his grave if he knew how much historians focus on his arch-rival, Brian. Popular claims that Brian expelled the foreigners from […]
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