{"slug": "brian-boru", "label": "Brian Boru", "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brian_Boru", "wikidata": "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q272498", "qid": "Q272498", "description": "High King of Ireland", "entries": 9, "years": 9, "span": [941, 1014], "span_label": ["941 CE", "1014 CE"], "topics": [{"title": "Conflict & Security", "count": 4}, {"title": "Exploration & Expansion", "count": 3}, {"title": "Births", "count": 1}, {"title": "Crime & Justice", "count": 1}], "related": [{"slug": "ireland", "label": "Ireland", "shared": 4}, {"slug": "high-king-of-ireland", "label": "High King of Ireland", "shared": 3}, {"slug": "leinster", "label": "Leinster", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "munster", "label": "Munster", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "vikings", "label": "Vikings", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "norsemen", "label": "Norsemen", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "kingdom-of-dublin", "label": "Kingdom of Dublin", "shared": 1}], "items": [{"year": 941, "year_label": "941 CE", "section": "Births", "date": null, "text": "Brian Boru, High King of Ireland (approximate date) (d. 1014)", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1341512041#Births", "title": "941", "revid": 1341512041, "section": "Births"}}, {"year": 968, "year_label": "968 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": null, "text": "Battle of Sulcoit in Ireland: The Irish of the Dál gCais led by Brian Boru defeats the Viking forces of Limerick. After the battle the Dál gCais seize and burn the Viking stronghold of Limerick. Ending of Norse expansion in Ireland.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1364919231#Europe", "title": "968", "revid": 1364919231, "section": "Events › By place › Europe"}}, {"year": 999, "year_label": "999 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "December 30", "text": "December 30 – Battle of Glenmama: The combined forces of Munster and Meath under Brian Boru (High King of Ireland) inflict a crushing defeat on the allied armies of Leinster and Dublin near Lyons Hill (County Kildare).", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1364468443#Europe", "title": "AD 999", "revid": 1364468443, "section": "Events › By place › Europe"}}, {"year": 1001, "year_label": "1001 CE", "section": "Crime & Justice", "date": null, "text": "Brian Boru attacks the Uí Néill in Ireland.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1341910152#Europe", "title": "1001", "revid": 1341910152, "section": "Events › By place › Europe"}}, {"year": 1002, "year_label": "1002 CE", "section": "Exploration & Expansion", "date": null, "text": "Brian Boru, king of Leinster and Munster, becomes High King of Ireland. After the submission of Máel Sechnaill mac Domnaill, Brian Boru makes an expedition to the North.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1371270947#British_Isles", "title": "1002", "revid": 1371270947, "section": "Events › By place › British Isles"}}, {"year": 1005, "year_label": "1005 CE", "section": "Exploration & Expansion", "date": null, "text": "High King of Ireland Brian Boru makes a second expedition to the north, to take hostages from the northern kingdoms. During this campaign he visits Armagh – making an offering of 20 ounces of gold to the church and confirming to the apostolic see of Saint Patrick, ecclesiastical supremacy over the whole of Ireland.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1341910116#British_Isles", "title": "1005", "revid": 1341910116, "section": "Events › By place › British Isles"}}, {"year": 1006, "year_label": "1006 CE", "section": "Exploration & Expansion", "date": null, "text": "Brian Boru visits Ulster, and remains unchallenged.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1344800605#Europe", "title": "1006", "revid": 1344800605, "section": "Events › By place › Europe"}}, {"year": 1012, "year_label": "1012 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": null, "text": "Máel Mórda mac Murchada starts a rebellion against High King Brian Boru in Ireland, which ends in 1014 at the Battle of Clontarf.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1365271481#Ireland", "title": "1012", "revid": 1365271481, "section": "Events › By place › Ireland"}}, {"year": 1014, "year_label": "1014 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "April 23", "text": "April 23 – Battle of Clontarf: Brian Boru, High King of Ireland, defeats a Norse-Irish alliance, although himself killed.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1342212610#Ireland", "title": "1014", "revid": 1342212610, "section": "Events › By place › Ireland"}}]}