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One of the three great collections of Old Irish poems , tales , histories , and genealogies of kings and saints. Housed in the Library of Trinity College , Dublin , the “Book of Leinster” was compiled or transcribed by a bishop of Kildare at the behest of Dermot MacMurroughs tutor in the mid twelfth century. Another [...]
This was an ancient battle fought by “Brian Boru” and the forces of Munster ….against the Vikings of Dublin, the Leinster Irish, and their Scandinavian allies. Traditionally seen as a struggle between the Irish and the Vikings , for sovereignty of Ireland, the battle was really the culmination of an internal struggle between Irish provincial rulers for the [...]
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The center of British authority in Ireland until 1922. It was built by King John of England in 1204. The original castle corresponded in extent with the present Upper Castle Yard , flanked on each corner by a great circular tower , beneath one of which , the Powder Tower , an earlier Viking fortification was excavated. Other [...]
The worlds largest enclosed urban park. It covers 1752 acres on the Northwest of Dublin. Phoenix Park was originally a royal deerpark. Aras an Uachtarain , the presidents residence (formerly the Viceregal Lodge) is in the park , as well as the official residence of the US ambassador. The park has the best zoo in Ireland. On a tour of [...]
North Western Europes most famous manuscript , containing illuminated copies of the Gospels , from circa 800. The Book of Kells was preserved in the Columban monastery at Kells , in County Meath , until 1653. Set up in the ninth century by monks from Iona , the monastery at Kells became the head of all the [...]