O’Rourke’s Castle(s)

O’Rourke’s Castle (historically also Breifny Castle) is a ruined castle in Ireland. It was situated in the centre of Leitrim Village c. 30m from the … More

Roark’s Gap Incident

On March 18, 1780, the James Roark massacre occurred in the Baptist Valley area of Tazewell County, VA. While James … More

Robert Ruark

Robert Ruark (December 29, 1915 in Wilmington, North Carolina – July 1, 1965 in London, England) was an American author, syndicated columnist, and big … More

Tighearnán Mór Ua Ruairc

Tighearnán Mór Ua Ruairc (older spelling: Tigernán Mór Ua Ruairc), anglicised as Tiernan O’Rourke (fl. 1124–1172) ruled the kingdom of Breifne as the 19th king in its … More

Makhir

The Carolingian monarchs permitted the establishment of a Jewish prince in southern France, then known as Septimania, now referred as … More

Kingdom of Breifne

The Kingdom of Breifne or Bréifne was a confederation of Irish túaithe headed by a ruirí drawn from the Uí Briúin Bréifne. The Bréifne territory included current day Irish counties … More

Old Irish

Old Irish (Old Irish: Goídelc; Irish: Sean-Ghaeilge; Scottish Gaelic: Seann Ghàidhlig; Manx: Shenn Yernish; sometimes called Old Gaelic) is the name given to the oldest form of the Goidelic languages for … More

Sinn Féin

Sinn Féin (“ourselves” or “we ourselves”) and Sinn Féin Amháin (“ourselves alone”) are Irish-language phrases used as a political slogan by Irish nationalists in the late nineteenth and early … More

Rurikid

According to the FamilyTreeDNA Rurikid Dynasty DNA Project, Rurik appears to have belonged to Y-DNA haplogroup N1c1, based on testing … More

The History of Ireland

Prior to the arrival of sons of King Milesius the mythological tribes in Ireland were said to include the the … More