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The Battle of Clontarf

The Battle of Clontarf was fought on Good Friday 1014. Popular history tells us it was a resounding victory by the Irish over a heathen foreign foe, but the truth is more complex. Read all about it here

What did Brian Boru ever do for us?

• Sean Duffy

For generations of Irish people he is the hero who secured the country’s freedom. The truth is more complicated.

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Where it happened: rollover or touch for more

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Horned helmets, long hair, bloodthirstiness and other myths

• Shane Hegarty
 
• April 10, 2014, 01:00

Stories about the Vikings, including this half-dozen, have been exaggerated so much that they wouldn’t recognise themselves

More to those Vikings than swords and hoards

• Mary Russell
 
• April 10, 2014, 01:00

Vikings: Life and Legend exhibition at the British Museum proves the famous seafarers weren’t always the bad guys

The long Good Friday: ‘Nobody could recognise even his own son, so covered were they in blood’

• Sean Duffy
 
• April 10, 2014, 01:00

At high tide on the morning of April 23rd, 1014, the Scandinavian fleet put in near Dublin. It was to be a bloody encounter

No weapons, no battlefield, no bodies

• April 10, 2014, 01:00

The challenging archaeological legacy of the Battle of Clontarf

900 years later: how nationalists adopted Brian Boru in 1914

• Donal Fallon
 
• April 10, 2014, 01:00

The ‘Irish Volunteer’ newspaper, among others, presented the Battle of Clontarf as a glorious victory for a native Irish force against a foreign foe

Dublin 1014: built on water and commerce

• Howard Clarke
 
• April 10, 2014, 01:00

The Vikings were adept at choosing sites for their towns, and with its confluence of rivers, strategic political position and fertile hinterland, Dublin offered huge potential

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Commemorating the Battle of Clontarf

• Cian Traynor
 
• April 10, 2014, 01:00

Anniversary events around the island of Ireland

Three kings and a queen

• Sean Duffy
 
• April 10, 2014, 01:00

Profiles of the main players in Ireland’s ‘game of thrones’ in 1014

They come over here, steal our women . . .

• Shane Hegarty
 
• April 10, 2014, 01:00

The Vikings raided Ireland repeatedly after first visiting, in the late eighth century, taking both treasures and people. But they also put down roots – and are still among us today

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How the Battle of Clontarf unfolded

• April 10, 2014, 01:00

Use our interactive map below the article to better understand how the Battle of Clontarf unfolded.

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