Jerry Brown, Governor of California, recently visited Glenstal Abbey in County Limerick during a two week holiday in Ireland and Germany. While the trip was a personal one he did meet with Enda Kenny and Eamon Gilmore before returning to America at the weekend. “We like to go back and connect the dots,” Governor Brown […]
The first and last King of Ireland
BRIAN BORU (c. 940-1014) Brian Boru was born around 940, the youngest of two sons of Cennedig, head of Dal Cais, one of the royal free tribes of Munster. Brian grew up during the worst days of tyranny when the Dalcassians had been driven in to the present county of Clare. Brian’s brother, Mahon, being […]