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Brían Bóruma (Brian Boru)

  • c. 941–23 April 1014
  • Brian Bóruma, Brían Bóruma
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High-king of Ireland from the Dál Cais, son of Cennétig mac Lorcáin (d. 951); typically known for breaking the hegemony of the Uí Néill in Ireland; died at the battle of Clontarf (1014). He is the celebrated hero of Cogad Gáedel re Gallaib, a twelfth-century propagandistic narrative text that has helped to enhance his reputation.


See also: Cennétig mac Lorcáin
Cennétig mac Lorcáin
(d. 951)
king of the Dál Cais, father of Brían Bóruma.
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See more Donnchad mac Bríain
Donnchad mac Bríain
(d. 1064)
son of Brían Bóruma
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Sources

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Swift, Catherine, “Hunting for the genetic legacy of Brian Boru in Irish historical sources”, in: Seán Duffy (ed.), Medieval Dublin XVI: proceedings of Clontarf 1014–2014: national conference marking the millennium of the Battle of Clontarf, Dublin: Four Courts Press, 2017. 62–80.
Ní Mhaonaigh, Máire, “Glorious by association: the obituary of Brian Boru”, in: Seán Duffy (ed.), Medieval Dublin XVI: proceedings of Clontarf 1014–2014: national conference marking the millennium of the Battle of Clontarf, Dublin: Four Courts Press, 2017. 170–187.
Wadden, Patrick, “Brian Bóraime, the Insular Viking world, and the battle of Clontarf”, in: Seán Duffy (ed.), Medieval Dublin XVI: proceedings of Clontarf 1014–2014: national conference marking the millennium of the Battle of Clontarf, Dublin: Four Courts Press, 2017. 144–169.
Casey, Denis, “Brian Boru, the Book of Armagh and the Irish church in the tenth and eleventh centuries”, in: Seán Duffy (ed.), Medieval Dublin XVI: proceedings of Clontarf 1014–2014: national conference marking the millennium of the Battle of Clontarf, Dublin: Four Courts Press, 2017. 103–121.
Duffy, Seán (ed.), Medieval Dublin XVI: proceedings of Clontarf 1014–2014: national conference marking the millennium of the Battle of Clontarf, Dublin: Four Courts Press, 2017.
Duffy, Seán, Brian Boru and the battle of Clontarf, Dublin: Gill & Macmillan, 2013. 368 pp.
McGettigan, Darren, The battle of Clontarf, Good Friday, 1014, Dublin: Four Courts Press, 2013. 156 pp.
Ní Mhaonaigh, Máire, Brian Boru: Ireland’s greatest king, Stroud: Tempus, 2007.
Ryan, John, “Brian Boruma, king of Ireland”, in: Etienne Rynne (ed.), North Munster studies: essays in commemoration of Monsignor Michael Moloney, Limerick: Thomond Archaeological Society, 1967. 355–374.
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