Brian Boru King of Ireland

Standard Name: Brian Boru,, King of Ireland

Connections

Connections Sort descending	Author name	Excerpt
Family and Intimate relationships	Kate O'Brien	KOB 's grandfather Tom O'Brien was evicted from his small-holding either because of the aftermath of the Corn Laws, or because he had involved himself in the unsuccessful Young Ireland revolt of July 1848. He...
Intertextuality and Influence	Sarah Butler	The body of the book retells the events of a centuries-long period of history well known to historians of Ireland and obviously interpretable as a parallel to events of the recent past. It relates how...
Textual Features	Sarah Butler	The unsigned preface is a precise, detailed and impassioned discussion of the rare, in some cases extremely rare, historical sources for the author's story. Butler, Sarah. “Introduction”. Irish Tales, edited by Ian Campbell Ross et al., Four Courts Press, 2010, pp. 9-31. 11 It does not mention the author's sex. It says that...

At the battle of Clontarf, the Gaelic Irish leader Brian Boru decisively defeated the Danes, who had been trying to subdue Ireland for two centuries.

Butler, Sarah. “Introduction”. Irish Tales, edited by Ian Campbell Ross et al., Four Courts Press, 2010, pp. 9-31.

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