Which 73 year old King of Munster was killed at the Battleof Clontarf, near Dublin, on this day in 1014 ?
Clontarf, Dublin famous for the Battle of Clontarf in 1014, in which Brian Boru, High King of Ireland, defeated the Vikings of Dublin and their allies, the Irish of Leinster. This battle, which extended over a wide area, is seen as marking an end to the Irish-Viking Wars. Clontarf is also a civil parish in the ancient barony of Coolock. The name "Cluain Tarbh" means meadow of the bull. 'Cluain' being meadow and 'tarbh' meaning bull in Irish. Clontarf is on the northern side of Dublin city, northeast of the city centre, along the coast. It is bounded to the west and
Clontarf, Dublin to 1997. It started in 1967 in Mount Prospect Avenue in Clontarf, Belgrove Football Club (from which the club got its name). It moved to St. Pauls College, Sybil Hill Road, Raheny, in 1975 when the old pavilion was burnt down. Along the coastal promenade, there is a circular rain shelter, which forms a cap over a former lead mine, which ran out under the shallow waters of the bay, as recorded in Cosgrave's "North Dublin"; it was closed due to persistent flooding. Clontarf, Dublin Clontarf () is an affluent coastal suburb on the northside of Dublin, in Ireland. Whilst