Donnchad mac Briain
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Donnchadh mac Briain, son of Brian Bóruma and Gormflaith ingen Murchada, was King of Munster.
Santo Stefano on the Caelian Hill, painted by Ettore Roesler Franz
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
Donnchad mac Briain
…brought the Uí Néill High King Máel Sechnaill mac Domnaill to recognise him as an equal, and then as the master of Ireland. Brian met his death at the Battle of Clontarf on 23 April 1014, Good Friday, fighting against the King of Leinster and his allies. In myth and medieval pseudohistory this battle would become the…
Battle of Clontarf Hugh Frazer, 1826
Illustration of the Battle of Clontarf, from a 1905 book