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See also:BRIAN (926-1014) , See also:- KING
- KING (O. Eng. cyning, abbreviated into cyng, cing; cf. O. H. G. chun- kuning, chun- kunig, M.H.G. kiinic, kiinec, kiinc, Mod. Ger. Konig, O. Norse konungr, kongr, Swed. konung, kung)
- KING [OF OCKHAM], PETER KING, 1ST BARON (1669-1734)
- KING, CHARLES WILLIAM (1818-1888)
- KING, CLARENCE (1842–1901)
- KING, EDWARD (1612–1637)
- KING, EDWARD (1829–1910)
- KING, HENRY (1591-1669)
- KING, RUFUS (1755–1827)
- KING, THOMAS (1730–1805)
- KING, WILLIAM (1650-1729)
- KING, WILLIAM (1663–1712)
king of See also:Ireland, known as BRIAN BORU, BOROMA, or BGROIMHE (from boroma, an Irish word for See also:tribute), was a son of a certain See also:Kennedy or Cenneide (d. 951). He passed his youth in fighting against the Danes, who were constantly ravaging See also:Munster, the See also:northern See also:part of which See also:district was the See also:home of Brian's tribe, and won much fame in these encounters. In 976 his See also:brother, Mathgamhain or Mahon, who had become king of See also:Thomond about 951 and afterwards king of Munster, was murdered; Brian avenged this See also:deed, became himself king of Munster in 978, and set out upon his career of See also:conquest. He forced the tribes of Munster and then those of See also:Leinster to own his See also:sovereignty, defeated the Danes, who were established around See also:Dublin, in See also:Wicklow, and marched into
Dublin, and after several reverses compelled See also:Malachy (Maelsechlainn), the See also:chief king of Ireland, who ruled in See also:Meath, to See also:bow before him in 1002. See also:Connaught was his next See also:objective. Here and also in See also:Ulster he was successful, everywhere he received hostages and tribute, and he was generally recognized as the ardri, or chief king of Ireland. After a See also:period of See also:comparative quiet Brian was again at See also:war with the Danes of Dublin, and on the 23rd of See also:April 1014 his forces gained a See also:great victory over them at Clontarf. After this See also:battle, however, the old king was slain in his See also:tent, and was buried at See also:Armagh. Brian has enjoyed a great and not undeserved reputation. One of his charters is still preserved in Trinity See also:College, Dublin.
See E.
A. D'See also:Alton, See also:History of Ireland, vol. i. (1903).
End of Article: BRIAN (926-1014)
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