Battle of Clontarf
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The Battle of Clontarf took place on 23 April 1014 at Clontarf, near Dublin, on the east coast of Ireland. It pitted an army led by Brian Boru, High King of Ireland, against a Norse-Irish alliance com
Battle of Clontarf Hugh Frazer, 1826
Illustration of the Battle of Clontarf, from a 1905 book
Sigtrygg Silkbeard
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Sigtrygg II Silkbeard Olafsson was a Hiberno-Norse king of Dublin of the Uí Ímair dynasty. He was caught up in the abortive Leinster revolt of 999–1000, after which he was forced to submit to the King
Battle of Clontarf
…Dublin, on the east coast of Ireland. It pitted an army led by Brian Boru, High King of Ireland, against a Norse-Irish alliance comprising the forces of Sigtrygg Silkbeard, King of Dublin; Máel Mórda mac Murchada, King of Leinster; and a Viking army from abroad led by Sigurd of Orkney and Brodir of Mann. It lasted from…
A posthumous "Sihtric" coin from the British Museum, minted at Dublin c. 1050
Inch Abbey (Inis Cumhscraigh), plundered by Sigtrygg in 1002
The medieval tower of the stone church of Ardbraccan, County Meath, in which Sigtrygg burned over 200 men
Christ Church Cathedral, founded by Sigtrygg c.1028