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Brian Boru

American  
[brahy-uhn baw-roh, -roo, breen] / ˈbraɪ ən bɔˈroʊ, -ˈru, ˈbrin /
Or Brian Boramha,

noun

  1. 926–1014, king of Ireland 1002–14.


Brian Boru British  
/ bəˈruː /

noun

  1. ?941–1014, king of Ireland (1002–14): killed during the defeat of the Danes at the battle of Clontarf

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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.

From Time Magazine Archive

On Good Friday, 1014, King Brian Boru lost his life smashing the Vikings, who for two centuries had raided Ireland.

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

I might have been Brian Boru, the gray swan, the way he looked at me.

From Leerie by Sawyer, Ruth

Shortly above the bridge of old time stood Kincora, the fortified palace of Brian Boru; its glory has departed, and all that remains is a mound, crowned with a grove of trees.

From The Sunny Side of Ireland How to see it by the Great Southern and Western Railway by Praeger, Robert Lloyd

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