The Viking Age in Ireland

24/05/2022.Reading time 8 minutes.

The exact reasons for Vikings venturing out from their homeland are uncertain; some have suggested it was due to overpopulation of their homeland, but the earliest Vikings were looking for riches, not land. Vikings also settled in Scotland and, like Ireland, started to settle with the local population. In Scotland these people became known as The […]

#OTD in 1014 – Battle of Clontarf | The Dublin Norse and the king of Leinster, with Viking allies from overseas, are defeated by Brian Boru’s army at Clontarf.

23/04/2022.Reading time 6 minutes.

The bounds between Irish Legend and Irish Myth has often been blurred, especially as the retelling of heroic deeds has been passed on through generations. Brian Boru was no legend although his life deeds were legendary. He was very much a real man and was in fact the last great High King of Ireland and […]

In the Liturgical calendar, today is the Feast Day of Mael Maédoc Uá Morgair, St Malachy of Armagh

03/11/2021.Reading time 2 minutes.

Malachy (1094–1148) was an Irish saint and Archbishop of Armagh, to whom were attributed several miracles and an alleged vision of 112 popes later attributed to the apocryphal (i.e. of doubtful authenticity) Prophecy of the Popes. Malachy was the first native-born Irish saint to be canonised. His brother was Gilla Críst Ua Morgair, who later became Bishop Christian of Clogher from 1126 […]

#OTD in 1921 – Michael Collins paid a visit to Armagh.

04/09/2021.Reading time 2 minutes.

Michael Collins paid a visit to Armagh on 4 September 1921, in what the ‘Irish News’ described as “his first official visit to the city.” The implication may well be that he had been in Armagh on IRA business in the past few years, but he was now a leading figure in the Dáil Éireann […]

Boa Island, Co Fermanagh

28/07/2021.Reading time 2 minutes.

Two of the most enigmatic pieces of Irish sculpture can be found in a small cemetery on Boa Island in Co Fermanagh. The larger sculpture is a two-sided ‘Janus’ figure, with depictions of a bearded figure on both sides. Both of the depictions show an oval-faced man with large almond-shaped bulging eyes, and a straight […]

#OTD in 1608 – Preparations commence for the plantation of six Ulster counties (Armagh, Cavan, Coleraine, Donegal, Fermanagh and Tyrone).

19/07/2021.Reading time 5 minutes.

The Plantation of Ulster was presented to James I as a joint “British”, or English and Scottish, venture to ‘pacify’ and ‘civilise’ Ulster, with at least half the settlers to be Scots. James had been King of Scots before he also became King of England and needed to reward his subjects in Scotland with land […]

The Viking Age in Ireland

24/05/2021.Reading time 9 minutes.

#OTD in 1014 – Battle of Clontarf | The Dublin Norse and the king of Leinster, with Viking allies from overseas, are defeated by Brian Boru’s army at Clontarf.

23/04/2021.Reading time 6 minutes.

#OTD in 1921 – Michael Collins paid a visit to Armagh.

04/09/2020.Reading time 2 minutes.

Boa Island, Co Fermanagh

28/07/2020.Reading time 2 minutes.

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The Viking Age in Ireland

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#OTD in 1921 – Michael Collins paid a visit to Armagh.

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Boa Island, Co Fermanagh

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#OTD in 1608 – Preparations commence for the plantation of six Ulster counties (Armagh, Cavan, Coleraine, Donegal, Fermanagh and Tyrone).

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The Viking Age in Ireland

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