Brian Boru AKA Brian Boroimhe Born: 940 AD Birthplace: Munster, Ireland Died: 23-Apr-1014 Location of death: Clontarf, County Dublin, Ireland Cause of death: War Remains: Buried, St. Patrick's Church of Ireland Cathedral, Armagh, Northern Ireland
Gender: Male Religion: Roman Catholic Race or Ethnicity: White Sexual orientation: Straight Occupation: Royalty Nationality: Ireland Executive summary: High King of Ireland, 1002-14 Brian Boru was the most famous monarch Ireland produced. He was also the progenitor of the O'Brian clan whose motto "Lamh Laidir An Uachdar" means "The strong hand uppermost" in Gaelic. The harp on a can of Guinness, long a symbol of Irish unity (the harp not the beer) is called the Brian Boru harp. Father: Cenn-tig (King ofThomond) Mother: Bé Binn ingen Murchada Brother: Mahon (King of Thomond) Wife: Mór Son: Murchad (d. 1014, at Battle of Clontarf with his father) Wife: Echrad Son: Tadc Wife: Gormflaith (daughter of Murchad MacFinn, King of Leinster) Son: Donnchad
Irish Ancestry
Is the subject of books:
Title, Brian BoruPQXLM King of Ireland, BY: 1983, DETAILS: Roger Chatterton Newman
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