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Article: Tribute to a Great High King : One thousand years have passed since brian boru was crowned high king of ireland, yet his spirit lives on in the ancient castles and legendary landscapes of his native county clare.
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- The World and I
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- March 1, 2003
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Conor Myles John O'Brien, eighteenth baron of Inchiquin, prince of Thomond, and tenth baronet of Lemeneagh, was catching his breath, he said, when we met at Thomond House, his home on the grounds of Dromoland Castle. The previous week, August 19--22, 2002, he had rallied over five thousand O'Briens from all corners of the globe to their ancestral home in County Clare. The Brian Boru Millennium Festival paid homage to the originator of the O'Brien clan, who was crowned high king of Ireland one thousand years ago. Lord Inchiquin traces his ancestry back thirty-two generations in a direct male line to the high king himself. The whirlwind of festivities, lectures, and field ...
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September 12, 2003 ;
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