Comments - Picturing Ireland's First High King - The Wild Geese2024-03-29T06:35:49Zhttps://thewildgeese.irish/profiles/comment/feed?attachedTo=6442157%3ABlogPost%3A89969&xn_auth=noI've always been a little int…tag:thewildgeese.irish,2017-09-26:6442157:Comment:2228052017-09-26T07:49:58.223ZGearoidhttps://thewildgeese.irish/profile/Gearoid
<p>I've always been a little intrigued by this alright. I live near Killaloe where his memory will never fade. On page 110 of Newman's biography, he is described as having "a long forehead above a prominent nose - features said to be inherited by his descendents". I have no idea though why he wrote that or where he sourced it.</p>
<p>I've always been a little intrigued by this alright. I live near Killaloe where his memory will never fade. On page 110 of Newman's biography, he is described as having "a long forehead above a prominent nose - features said to be inherited by his descendents". I have no idea though why he wrote that or where he sourced it.</p> Ryan, the story of Brian Boru…tag:thewildgeese.irish,2014-05-16:6442157:Comment:931792014-05-16T05:26:15.714ZJames McNamarahttps://thewildgeese.irish/profile/JamesMcNamara
<p>Ryan, the story of Brian Boru, but especially his story at Clontarf is most interesting. He was 73 years old on this Good Friday and did not lead his army into battle. His son would likely have been the point man of this battle, I have a great account of this event, and his death was said to have happened in his tent, not long after he learned of the death of his son during the battle. I will try to put this account here in the near future.</p>
<p>BTW, I do remember seeing a magazine…</p>
<p>Ryan, the story of Brian Boru, but especially his story at Clontarf is most interesting. He was 73 years old on this Good Friday and did not lead his army into battle. His son would likely have been the point man of this battle, I have a great account of this event, and his death was said to have happened in his tent, not long after he learned of the death of his son during the battle. I will try to put this account here in the near future.</p>
<p>BTW, I do remember seeing a magazine article online many years ago, and if I remember correctly it stated that the O'Brien clan chief had in his possession Brian's sword. He kept it in his apartment. It was stolen not long after this magazine article (1960). I thought it a shame this sword was not kept in a museum and now it's lost to us except for that image. Here is a bit on this including a plea for the return of the sword: </p>
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<p></p> Looks like the consensus was…tag:thewildgeese.irish,2014-04-24:6442157:Comment:900612014-04-24T17:10:33.699ZFran Reddyhttps://thewildgeese.irish/profile/FranReddy
<p>Looks like the consensus was that before Boru was grey, his hair was red ; )</p>
<p>Looks like the consensus was that before Boru was grey, his hair was red ; )</p> in 2011, whilst in Cobh, I be…tag:thewildgeese.irish,2014-04-23:6442157:Comment:897872014-04-23T22:57:48.525ZBit Devinehttps://thewildgeese.irish/profile/BitDevine
<p>in 2011, whilst in Cobh, I became separated from my better half, his mother & neices. Having searched for them for the better part of an hour, I sat down upon a wall near where we had parked to wait their inevitable return.</p>
<p>An elder Cobh gentleman asked me for whom I might be waiting. I said I had lost the rest of my party and was waiting their return. He asked if it was the "Boru fellow with the big lens and camera" , an older lady and two young girls. I chuckled and said "Boru…</p>
<p>in 2011, whilst in Cobh, I became separated from my better half, his mother & neices. Having searched for them for the better part of an hour, I sat down upon a wall near where we had parked to wait their inevitable return.</p>
<p>An elder Cobh gentleman asked me for whom I might be waiting. I said I had lost the rest of my party and was waiting their return. He asked if it was the "Boru fellow with the big lens and camera" , an older lady and two young girls. I chuckled and said "Boru Looking" could be... and it was... so add this to the images of what he might look like... ;-)</p>
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