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Brian Boru

941 - 1014

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Brian Boru (Middle Irish: Brian Bóruma mac Cennétig; modern Irish: Brian Bóramha; c. 941 – 23 April 1014) was an Irish king who ended the domination of the High Kingship of Ireland by the Uí Néill, and possibly ended Viking invasions of Ireland. Brian Boru is mentioned in the Annals of Inisfallen and in Chronicon Scotorum as "Brian mac Cennétig" (Brian, son of Cennétig). The name Brian of Bóruma or Brian Boru was given to him posthumously Brian built on the achievements of his father, Cennétig mac Lorcain, and especially his elder brother, Mathgamain. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Brian Boru has received more than 1,732,981 page views. His biography is available in 40 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 37 in 2019). Brian Boru is the 6,674th most popular politician (down from 6,299th in 2019), the 66th most popular biography from Ireland and the 11th most popular Irish Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Brian Boru ranks 6,674 out of 19,576. Before him are Marien Ngouabi, Herbert Samuel, 1st Viscount Samuel, Mike Pompeo, Rajendra Chola I, Saleh al-Arouri, and Magnus II of Norway. After him are Bjarni Benediktsson, Ali az-Zahir, Ermesinde of Carcassonne, Miguel, Duke of Braganza, Emperor Shirakawa, and Kerei Khan.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 941, Brian Boru ranks 3. Before him are Lothair of France, and Theophano. After him is Lê Hoàn. Among people deceased in 1014, Brian Boru ranks 7. Before him are Murasaki Shikibu, Sweyn Forkbeard, Samuel of Bulgaria, Sigrid the Haughty, Bagrat III of Georgia, and Al-Hakim al-Nishapuri. After him is Rajaraja I.

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In Ireland

Among people born in Ireland, Brian Boru ranks 66 out of 549. Before him are Brian Cowen (1960), Mary Robinson (1944), George Francis FitzGerald (1851), Christy Brown (1932), Kevin Farrell (1947), and Sheridan Le Fanu (1814). After him are J. D. Bernal (1901), Edmund the Martyr (841), Malcolm II of Scotland (954), John Banville (1945), Antoine Thomson d'Abbadie (1810), and Peter Lacy (1678).

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Among POLITICIANS In Ireland

Among politicians born in Ireland, Brian Boru ranks 11. Before him are Causantín mac Cináeda (836), Bertie Ahern (1951), Harald Gille (1103), George Plantagenet, 1st Duke of Clarence (1449), Brian Cowen (1960), and Mary Robinson (1944). After him are Edmund the Martyr (841), Malcolm II of Scotland (954), Eliza Lynch (1833), Robert Stewart, Viscount Castlereagh (1769), Nicholas Aylward Vigors (1785), and Arthur Griffith (1871).

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