Commemoration of Brian Ború
Senator Conway asks the Leader to explore holding a once-off Seanad sitting at Dromoland Castle in 2014 to commemorate the thousandth anniversary of Brian Ború’s death.
In 2014 we will mark the 1,000th anniversary of the death of the former High King of Ireland, Brian Ború, in the Battle of Clontarf in Dublin.
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He is turning in his grave.
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I hope 2014 will also provide an opportunity for people to learn more about and become more familiar with Ireland's mediaeval history and spread knowledge of it to visitors to Ireland. This is an important year and given that the High King's birthplace was in Killaloe, County Clare-----
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----- and that Dromoland Castle is the ancestral home of the O'Brien family, I suggest the Leader, in consultation with the Cathaoirleach and the Committee on Procedure and Privileges, investigate the possibility of Seanad Éireann holding a once-off meeting in Dromoland Castle in April or May in symbolic commemoration of the death of the High King of Ireland 1,000 years ago.