Anthony Foley: Ireland’s warrior lies in repose with an emperor

Anthony Foley would be impressed.

Anthony Foley: Ireland’s warrior lies in repose with an emperor
Fri, 21 Oct, 2016 - 01:00
Jimmy Woulfe - Mid-West Correspondent

His final hours yesterday and today in St Flannan’s Church, Killaloe, were spent on the spot where Brian Boru, emperor of Ireland, once reigned.

Brian Boru, we are told, “liberated Ireland from the threat of foreign domination” from his Palace of Kincora, which was located on the site of St Flannan’s.

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CourtsAnthony FoleyPlace: IrelandPlace: St Flannan’s ChurchPlace: Palace of KincoraPlace: St FlannanPlace: Lansdowne RoadPlace: KillaloePlace: ClarecastlePlace: CrecoraPlace: QuinPlace: ClonlaraPlace: LimerickPlace: Thomond ParkPerson: Anthony FoleyPerson: Brian BoruPerson: Joe SchmidtPerson: Doug HowlettPerson: AnthonyPerson: Keith WoodPerson: WallacePerson: DavidPerson: PaulPerson: Declan KidneyPerson: Eddie O’SullivanPerson: Willie RuanePerson: Pat LamPerson: FoleyPerson: Noreen AhernPerson: Margaret KirbyPerson: Nollie McCarthyPerson: Michelle DarcyPerson: Therese O’DonovanPerson: Olive BurdellPerson: MargaretPerson: Jackie GaffreyPerson: Colm MoranPerson: Tom McCoyOrganisation: All BlackOrganisation: IrelandOrganisation: MunsterOrganisation: LeinsterOrganisation: ConnachtOrganisation: Connacht RugbyOrganisation: Munster Rugby Supporters ClubOrganisation: Young Munster
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