Nos Vadum Victum: An Ua Ruairc AAR
Nos Vadum Victum: An Ua Ruairc AAR

Prologue

Castle Dromahair, Kingdom of Breifne
Our current stronghold is Castle Dromahair; which lies in the hilly north west of Leitrim amid some stunning unspoiled natural landscapes. The "Sleeping Giant" mountain formation (comprising Keelogyboy, Leean and Benbo) is visible on approaches to the castle, as is Lough Gill below the Slieve Daeáne and Killerry mountain. The castle itself is also idyllic, located on the banks of the River Bonet, which flows into Lough Gill.
Bishopric of Kells
The monastery at Kells is thought to have been founded around 804 A.D. by monks fleeing from St Colmcille's Iona monastery to escape Viking invasions.
The Abbey of Kells was first founded by St. Columba ca. 554. What some historians term a refounding happened in the early ninth century by Columban monks fleeing from Iona which was repeatedly raided by the Vikings. The site was a former Irish hill fort. In 814, Cellach, Abbot of Iona, retired to Kells. After further Viking raids, goods and relics from the abbey were transferred to other Columban houses inland, including Raphoe, Dunkeld and the Abbey of Kells. Some historians believe that the Book of Kells may have been either started in Iona and finished in Kells or written entirely in Kells by successive generation of monks.
(The Abbey and Monastery are 2 seperate buildings with different build dates)
(pictured is the Tower of Kells)
The Book of Kells
The Book of Kells is the most famous, and one of the finest of a group of manuscripts in what is known as the Insular style, produced from the late 6th through the early 9th centuries in monasteries in Ireland, Scotland and England and in continental monasteries with Hiberno-Scottish or Anglo-Saxon foundations
(Crest of O'Rourke)

Bishopric of Kells
The monastery at Kells is thought to have been founded around 804 A.D. by monks fleeing from St Colmcille's Iona monastery to escape Viking invasions.
The Abbey of Kells was first founded by St. Columba ca. 554. What some historians term a refounding happened in the early ninth century by Columban monks fleeing from Iona which was repeatedly raided by the Vikings. The site was a former Irish hill fort. In 814, Cellach, Abbot of Iona, retired to Kells. After further Viking raids, goods and relics from the abbey were transferred to other Columban houses inland, including Raphoe, Dunkeld and the Abbey of Kells. Some historians believe that the Book of Kells may have been either started in Iona and finished in Kells or written entirely in Kells by successive generation of monks.
(The Abbey and Monastery are 2 seperate buildings with different build dates)
(pictured is the Tower of Kells)


The Book of Kells is the most famous, and one of the finest of a group of manuscripts in what is known as the Insular style, produced from the late 6th through the early 9th centuries in monasteries in Ireland, Scotland and England and in continental monasteries with Hiberno-Scottish or Anglo-Saxon foundations

(Crest of O'Rourke)
History class
:Breifne was the seat of the O'Rourkes -the ancient Kings of Brieifne. The ruins of the O'Rourke castle (built c. 950 AD) t is also the place from which Devorgilla (wife of Tiernan O'Rourke) eloped with Dermot McMurrough (the King of Leinster) in 1153 to Ferns, an act which brought about a feud and McMurrough's eventual exile from Ireland. He was a King of Leinster in Ireland. In 1167, he was deprived of his kingdom by the High King of Ireland - Turlough Mór O'Connor (Irish: Tairrdelbach mac Ruaidri Ua Conchobair). The grounds for the dispossession were that MacMurrough had, in 1152, abducted Derbforgaill, the wife of the King of Breifne, Tiernan O'Rourke (Irish: Tighearnán Ua Ruairc). To recover his kingdom, MacMurrough solicited help from King Henry II of England. In return, MacMurrough pledged an oath of allegiance to Henry, who sent troops in support. As a further thanks for his reinstatement, MacMurrough's daughter Aoife was married to Richard de Clare, the 2nd Earl of Pembroke (nicknamed "Strongbow"). Henry II then mounted a larger second invasion in 1171 to ensure his control over Strongbow, resulting in the Lordship of Ireland. MacMurrough was later known as Diarmait na nGall (Irish for "Diarmait of the Foreigners").
DISCLAIMER I am not a writer! This is a hobby and not my forte, my grammar will sometimes be bad.
I am running on the patched version with only the rise of empires mod
No cheating, reloading etc to get better results
The layout of this AAR has been inspired by Alexander Primus and his CHRONICLES OF THE GOLDEN CROSS REDUX. I am NOT very creative, imitation is the most sincere form of flattery! !
DISCLAIMER I am not a writer! This is a hobby and not my forte, my grammar will sometimes be bad.
I am running on the patched version with only the rise of empires mod
No cheating, reloading etc to get better results
The layout of this AAR has been inspired by Alexander Primus and his CHRONICLES OF THE GOLDEN CROSS REDUX. I am NOT very creative, imitation is the most sincere form of flattery! !
Table of Contents:
Intro Part 2
Chapter 1; Part 1
Behind the character; Opposites Attract
Behind the character; Opposites Attract
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