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Brian Boru (Middle Irish: Brian Bóruma mac Cennétig; modern Irish: Brian Bóramha; c. 941 – 23 April 1014) was the High King of Ireland from 1002–1014. He ended the domination of the High Kingship of Ireland by the Uí Néill, and is likely responsible for ending Viking invasions of Ireland. [2]
Brian Boru, High King of Ireland, visited Armagh in 1004, acknowledging it as the head cathedral of Ireland and bestowing it a large sum of gold. Brian was buried at Armagh cathedral after his death at the Battle of Clontarf in 1014. [5] Armagh's claim to the primacy of Ireland was formally acknowledged at the Synod of Ráth Breasail in 1111. [4]
The remains of the younger of the two women buried with the Oseberg Ship were tested and discovered to have mtDNA of U7. [16] ... The Irish King Brian Boru, ...
St. Caimin's Church and the round tower are attributed to Brian Boru; The wife of Toirdelbach Ua Briain was buried here in 1076. The poet and Nobel laureate William Butler Yeats (1865-1939), who lived for a while not far away in the restored Norman Castle of Thoor Ballylee, wrote about Inis Cealtra and Lough Derg in his ballad The Pilgrim
In 977 Brian Boru was crowned there as king and made Cashel his capital. In 1101 , the King of Munster, Muirchertach Ua Briain , donated his fortress on the Rock to the Church . [ 4 ] The picturesque complex has a character of its own and is one of the most remarkable collections of Celtic art and medieval architecture to be found anywhere in ...
A Rancho Cucamonga man carried out a string of car break-ins at L.A. County cemeteries as people attended funerals, visited loved ones and friends, the D.A. says.
Brian Boru (941–1014), buried in Armagh City, victor of Clontarf, High King of Ireland; Sir Robert Hart (1835–1911), born in County Armagh, second Inspector-General of China's Imperial Maritime Customs Service (IMCS) from 1863 to 1911; Arthur Hunter Palmer (1819–1898), born in County Armagh, 5th Premier of Queensland
As Idaho student murders suspect Bryan Kohberger's trial approaches, his defense is drawing comparisons to another high-profile case that rocked the state, the murder trial of "cult mom" Lori ...