Brian Boru
Americannoun
noun
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On Good Friday, 1014, King Brian Boru lost his life smashing the Vikings, who for two centuries had raided Ireland.
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Besides, said another, the traditional harp of the great Brian Boru had 30 strings, and this heraldic harp had only 15, for all that they were silver.
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If a small state is on the losing side," said the spiritual descendant of the great warriors Cuchulainn and Brian Boru, "it can be utterly annihilated.
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"I am an Irishman, and my name is Bryan, so they used to call me Brian Boru."
From Peak and Prairie From a Colorado Sketch-book by Moore, Emma G.
"Is your name Brian Boru?" she inquired, with animation.
From Peak and Prairie From a Colorado Sketch-book by Moore, Emma G.
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