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Name: Brian Boru
Birth Date: c. 940
Death Date: 1014
Place of Birth: Munster, Ireland
Place of Death: Clontarf, Ireland
Nationality: Irish
Gender: Male
Occupations: king, military leader

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Biography of Brian Boru
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Celtic military leader Brian Boru (ca. 940-1014) was the first king of a united Ireland. Through shrewd military acumen Brian Boru became the first king of a united Ireland, in an era when the isle was little more than a verdant home to Celtic peoples...


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(born 941, near Killaloe, Ire.—died Apr. 23, 1014, Clontarf, near Dublin) high king of Ireland from 1002 to 1014. In 976 Brian became king of a small state, later called Dál Cais, and also king of Munster, whose Eóghanachta rulers...
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c. 941-1014 Irish king who briefly united his land against the Danes. In 999 he won the capital city of Dublin, and in 1002 became king of all Ireland. By then more than 60 years old, he turned his attention from battle to administration, seeking to...
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(born 941, near Killaloe, Ire.—died April 23, 1014, Clontarf, near Dublin) High king of Ireland (1002–14). He became king of Munster in 976, won control of the southern half of Ireland from the high king Maelsechlainn in 997, and replaced...
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Brian mac Cennétig (c. 941–23 April 1014), called Brian Bóruma (English: Brian Boru, Irish: Brian Boraime), was an Irish king who overthrew the centuries-long domination of the Kingship of Ireland by the Uí Néill. Building on the achievements...


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Evening Standard - London
Brian Boru's a cert . . . to lose
06/04/2003: 520 words, approx. 2 pages
BRIAN BORU i s t he 11 - 4 favourite to win Saturday's Vodafone Derby. He hails from Ireland's magnificent Coolmore Stud, masterminded by John Magnier. His dad is the multiple champion sire, Sadler's Wells. He'll be expertly prepared by Aidan O'Brien, who's...
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Daily Mail
Brian Boru: high king of Ireland... and of good PR
11/12/2007: 703 words, approx. 2 pages
AS EVERY schoolchild knows, he was the High King of Ireland who defended these shores from the might of the dreaded Viking invaders. But a new biography on the legendary king Brian Boru claims that the history books are wrong and that the...
 


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