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.
From Time Magazine Archive
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.
From Time Magazine Archive
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.
From Time Magazine Archive
As for himself, he held by the Home Rule Bill of 1914 or, failing that, Brian Boru.
From Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 158, 1920-05-12 by Seaman, Owen, Sir
Perhaps the oldest Irish harp known is that said to have been used by King Brian Boru.
From Chatterbox, 1906 by Clarke, J. Erskine (John Erskine)
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