Dromoland Castle
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Dromoland Castle is a castle, located near Newmarket-on-Fergus in County Clare, Ireland. It is operated as a five-star luxury hotel with a golf course, with its restaurant, the "Earl of Thomond", bein
Entrance to Dromoland Castle
George W. Bush, Bertie Ahern, and Romano Prodi at their joint press conference at the Castle in 2004.
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Brian Boru
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Brian Boru was the High King of Ireland from 1002 to 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. Br
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…was the ancestral home of the O'Briens, Barons of Inchiquin, who are one of the few native Gaelic families of royal blood, and direct descendants of Brian Boroimhe (Boru), High King of Ireland in the eleventh century. For reasons of health and financial concerns, in the early 1960s Donough O'Brien (of the O'Brien…
One of the earliest depictions of Brian on the 1723 publication of Dermot O'Connor's translation of Foras Feasa ar Éirinn.
Banner reputedly used by Brian
Oil painting of Battle of Clontarf by Hugh Frazer 1826
Brian on the Morning of Clontarf