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BRIAN (926-1014) , king of Ireland, known as BRIAN BORU, BOROMA, or BGROIMHE (from boroma, an Irish word for tribute ), was a son of a certain Kennedy or Cenneide (d. 951). He passed his youth in fighting against the Danes, who were constantly ravaging Munster, the northern part
district
home of Brian's tribe, and won much fame in these encounters. In 976 his brother, Mathgamhain or Mahon, who had become king of Thomond about 951 and afterwards king of Munster, was murdered; Brian avenged this deed, became himself king of Munster in 978, and set out upon his career of conquest. He forced the tribes of Munster and then those of Leinster to own his sovereignty, defeated the Danes, who were established around Dublin, in Wicklow, and marched intoDublin, and after several reverses compelled Malachy (Maelsechlainn), the chief
tribute , and he was generally recognized as the ardri, or chief
comparative
April
great
Armagh
great
See E. A. D'Alton, History of Ireland, vol. i. (1903). End of Article: BRIAN (926-1014) If you wish, you can link directly to this article.
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