The Battle of Hastings in 1066 was the decisive event in the conquest of Saxon England. Within a year, the Normans were ...

Between the coming of St. Patrick and the arrival of the Normans art, literature and religion flourished in a country that had no organised central government.

Life was very different in Ireland before the Normans ... Henry II did not want to lead an invasion himself but encouraged MacMurrough to hire Norman Knights from Wales. 1167 Defeated by Rory ...

In early 2019, seven metal detectorists found a cache of 2,584 coins dating to the Norman Conquest in southern ... who were ...

Explores the 12th-century Anglo-Norman invasion of Ireland. The invasion also affects Europe, as Irish resources fuel conflict between England and France. In 12th-century Ireland, provincial kings ...

Prior to the Norman Invasion of Ireland, it was the seat of the Kings of Munster. Most of the buildings that survive today date to the 12th and 13th centuries, in particular the round tower ...

Native rulers were either killed or sought refuge in Ireland ... since the Roman invasion. This time the invaders brought with them two languages: French and English. The Norman leaders spoke ...