She is still a tourist attraction today
He came to the throne at the age of nine months.
A bear-ly believable encounter
The arrival of Strongbow was described in the Annals of Ulster as “the beginning of the woes of Ireland”.
Changed small County Mayo village forever
It has been called the most daring prison escape in history, the news sparked celebrations in Ireland and the US.
The so-called “hardest day” battle was fought, as part of the battle of Britain.
Eleven were sent to trial.
The traditional date for their foundation is 632 BC.
An Irish force led by Aodh Ruadh Ó Domhnaill ambushed Sir Conyers Clifford and his men though a pass in the Curlew mountains near the town of Boyle in Roscommon.
He is buried in the republican plot in Glasnevin Cemetry.
Barbaric