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.

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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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Example Sentences

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

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

From Time Magazine Archive

A national leader arose in the person of Brian Boru, who was for Ireland the military, though not the political, saviour that Alfred was for England.

From Irish History and the Irish Question by Smith, Goldwin

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

From Leerie by Sawyer, Ruth