Funeral
of Brian Boru
After
his death at the battle of Clontarf on Good Friday, 1014, Brian
Boroimhe, High King of Ireland, was buried ‘on the north side of
the great church’ at Armagh. The Church of Ireland Cathedral
of St Patrick, which stands on the site, incorporates a memorial
tablet in its north wall. A service will be held to mark the
millennium of the burial of Brian Boroimhe on Sunday 27th April
2014 at 3.15 p.m. In this service, the Cathedral aimed to reflect on the historic tragedy and highlight the significance for the Island of today.
Based
on the Anglican liturgy of Choral Evensong, the service will be
ecumenical in character, including both commemoration of the burial
and prayer for the Ireland of today. Mark Patrick Hederman,
OSB, Abbot of Glenstal, will preach.
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| A few of the folks who attended the ecumenical service St. Patrick's Cathedral. |
Villagers of Louth and Inniskeen, re-enacted the funeral cortége of Brian Boru as it processed from St. Mochta's Abbey in Louth village along the folk-lored laneways to the fording of the river Fane at the monastic ruins and round tower of St. Daig's at Inniskeen. Some 200 people gathered yesterday the 27th April 2014 in Medieval costume of Gaels and Religious of 1014 A.D., to re-enact Brian Boru's funeral cortége procession from Clontarf to Armagh, a stage of which processed between the Abbey of Louth and the river fording at Inniskeen.
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| Photograph shows Louth Village schoolchildren on the fairgreen with re-enactors. [Photo/Shaun O'Bryne]
The Crown of Brian Boru
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| The new crown. |
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