The Battle of Clontarf
One of the bloodiest and most decisive battles in Irish history took place a thousand years ago this month.
Clontarf is now an affluent suburb north of Dublin, but a thousand years ago it was the setting for an unprecedented event in Ireland’s history. Good Friday 1014 saw the Battle of Clontarf, an all-day affair of infernal carnage, where longstanding animosities climaxed in a spectacular deluge of bloodshed.
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