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

Now to get back to St. Molua, one has to go a long way indeed, for he died three hundred years before Brian Boru was born.

From The Charm of Ireland by Stevenson, Burton Egbert

Among the veterans, a wrathful, rampant, red horse still, came Brian Boru, whose name has been written large in the chronicles of the Indian turf, jerking his sais across the road.

From From Sea to Sea Letters of Travel by Kipling, Rudyard