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The Battle of Clontarf 1014: Brian Boru and Ireland's Viking Age
In 1014, the High King of Ireland, Brian Boru, faced an alliance of Viking raiders and Irish rivals at Clontarf, near Dublin. This episode of The History of Ireland plunges into the battle that shattered Scandinavian power in Ireland and cemented Brian's legend. We trace Brian's rise from a king of the small Dál gCais tribe to the ruler who taxed the Viking towns and united much of the island. On Good Friday 1014, his army clashed with forces led by Sigtrygg Silkbeard, the Norse king of Dublin, and Máel Mórda, the king of Leinster. The fight was brutal: axes and swords, shield…
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