Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
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's fort was built in the eleventh century and stood possibly until 1116 when Tairrdelbach Ua Conchobair's men defeated the Ua Briain and destroyed Kincora. Later finds include Hiberno-Norse pennies minted c.1035–70, [ 5 ] [ 6 ] decorated slate , five bronze pins, a tangled stud, 25 nails , two small sherds of pottery, animal and ...
[1] [7] [8] It is the only preserved building with a recorded link to Brian Boru. [3] The building was extended in the 12th century. [ 2 ] [ 4 ] Archaeologically and architecturally, it is described as a Type 2 unicameral mortared pre- Romanesque church in Zone 2 (west of the River Shannon ). [ 9 ]
The bodies were moved to the Brian Boru Hotel. At 4pm Dr. Von Lossberg, the Government Medical Officer at Ipswich, arrived and began an hour-long autopsy. Michael had been shot and struck with a blunt instrument on the right side of the head. Ellen had her skull fractured by two blows to the left side of her head.
2.16 Brian Boru. 2.17 Nurhaci. 2.18 Asano Soichiro. 2.19 ... The remains of the younger of the two women buried with the Oseberg Ship were tested and discovered to ...
“The silver lining,” his wife said, “is that we’re still alive. So many people are suffering. We’re just among them.” ...
It’s most people’s worst nightmare: being buried alive and left for dead. And on Dec. 17, 1968, that nightmare came true for Barbara Jane Mackle, a 20-year-old college student and heiress to ...
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 ...