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It is a tale of ambition, determination, courage and sacrifice. The battle was not just influential in Irish history; it also had a major impact on the subsequent history of the jarldom of Orkney - a Scandinavian power that lay to the north and west of medieval Scotland.
Brian Boru emerges from the pages of this illustrated book, not as the great reforming high-king of legend, but as a still highly ambitious and intelligent monarch, whose steely resolve led his army to victory on the Clontarf battlefield that Good Friday in 1014.
ISBN/EAN | 9781846823848 |
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Author | Darren McGettigan |
Publisher | Four Courts Press |
Publication date | 29 Apr 2013 |
Format | Paperback |
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The Battle Of Clontarf: Good Friday 1014
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The story of this battle fought almost a thousand years ago is inspiring and is one of the most important events to have taken place in medieval Ireland.
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