Dara Ó Briain 12Foot6. In 2013, Ó Briain joined Jack Dee, Chelsee Healey, Greg James, Melanie C and Philips Idowu in "Through Hell and High Water", a Comic Relief challenge which involved British celebrities canoeing the most difficult rapids of the Zambezi River. They raised over £1 million for the charity. "Dara and Ed's Great Big Adventure", a 2015 three-part fly-on-the-wall television series, followed Ó Briain and Ed Byrne on their journey by car down the Pan-American Highway. In June 2015, "Dara Ó Briain Meets Stephen Hawking", in which Ó Briain travels to Cambridge for a series of interviews with theoretical physicist Stephen
Toirdelbach Ua Briain Ua Briain would be the leading king of his day, and his grandson Toirdelbach Ua Conchobair would be greater yet. Toirdelbach was the son of Tadc mac Briain, son of Brian Bóruma, and Mór, daughter of Gilla Brigte Ua Maíl Muaid of Cenél Fiachach. His father was killed in 1023, probably on the orders of his half-brother Donnchad mac Briain who thereby made himself king of Munster. Donnchad, while he successfully retained control of Munster for four decades, was never able to achieve the same success as Brian. Epigraphic evidence shows that he aimed to be king of Ireland, and