Brian Boru
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An Post stamps all over Clontarf anniversary
- Irish News
- April 24, 2014, 16:25
An Post is putting its stamp on the celebrations to mark the 1,000th anniversary of the Battle of Clontarf through the issuing of two stamps wh(...)

The genetic imprint of Niall of the Nine Hostages
- Science
- April 24, 2014, 01:00
One thousand years ago this week, Brian Boru, High King of all Ireland, defeated Norse King Sitric Silkenbeard of Howth at the Battle of Clonta(...)

Christ will not be incarcerated by the limits of our minds
- Religion & Beliefs
- April 22, 2014, 01:00
One of the most striking images of the Easter story is a fresco by Fra Angelico in the Dominican Convent of San Marco in Florence. Entit(...)

‘You can’t really be a Viking if there isn’t a bit of bloodshed’
- Culture
- April 19, 2014, 01:00
It is a scene familiar from every primary-school history book. A horde of long-haired, sword-wielding, fearsome-looking foreign marauders run amok (...)

‘I embody Ireland when I play the harp’
- Music
- April 19, 2014
Once upon a time, says Cormac de Barra, the harpist was given pride of place in Irish society. De Barra is collaborating with Moya Brennan on (...)

Clontarf service to mark death of Brian Boru
- Religion & Beliefs
- April 18, 2014, 01:00
President Michael D Higgins will attend an ecumenical service in Dublin on Wednesday to mark the death of Brian Boru 1,000 years ago at the Battle (...)

EPA accused of ‘lazy laissez-fair lax, light touch regulation’
- Oireachtas
- April 15, 2014, 22:10
A call has been made for “proper regulatory oversight” to be put in place for the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), which(...)

Viking vessels engage in river race to mark Battle of Clontarf millennium
- Environment
- April 15, 2014, 01:01
Four replica Viking boats described as “swift on river and fearless at sea” will take to (...)

The long Good Friday: ‘Nobody could recognise even his own son, so covered were they in blood’
- Heritage
- April 10, 2014, 01:00
In the spring of 1014 Brian Boru mustered his forces and marched on Dublin to suppress a rebellion by King Sitric Silkenbeard and Sitric’s uncl(...)

Dublin 1014: built on water and commerce
- Heritage
- April 10, 2014, 01:00
Can we envision Dublin before a city stood by the Liffey? What sort of environment did Dubliners of 1014 live in? We can make some reasonable g(...)