Brian+Boru

=Brian Boru- Joseph Westerhoff= Born around the year 940 and dieing around the year 1014 Brian Boru was arguably the greatest Irishmen before the modern era. For many of the Irish people he is the hero who secured the country's freedom


For half a millennium the Ui Neill had held exclusive rights to the almost mystical "kingship of Tara', until Brian came along. Over the course of time, and certainly during the ninth and 10th centuries, an equation came to be made between possession of this arcane trophy and exclusive entitlement to the kingship of all Ireland.Which is why Brian was such a huge figure for his triumphant battle at Clontarf began the freedom of Ireland.

Brian Boru is a very important figure to the Irish through his act of freedom to all Irishmen during the ninth and 10th century.