Domnall mac Eimín
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Domnall mac Eimín meic Cainnig was an eleventh-century Mormaer of Mar. He is attested by numerous accounts of the Battle of Clontarf in which he is said to have lost his life supporting the cause of B
A nineteenth-century depiction of the Battle of Clontarf.
An eighteenth-century depiction of Brian Bóruma mac Cennétig, probably the earliest depiction of the king.
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
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