Viking & Medieval · event 4 of 5

1014

The Battle of Clontarf. Brian Boru, High King of Ireland, defeats a Norse-Leinster alliance north of the city and is killed in the battle. It is remembered as the moment the Vikings were expelled, which is not what happened — Norse Dublin continued much as before.

The Viking & Medieval era

  1. c. 140 AD
  2. 841
  3. 988
  4. 1014
  5. c. 1030

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