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Brian Boru, the high king of Ireland, is assassinated by a group of retreating Norsemen shortly after his Irish forces defeated them.
Brian, a clan prince, seized the throne of the southern Irish state of Dal Cais from its Eoghanacht rulers in 963. He subjugated all of Munster, extended his power over all of southern Ireland, and in 1002 became the high king of Ireland. Unlike previous high kings of Ireland, Brian resisted the rule of Ireland’s Norse invaders, and after further conquests his rule was acknowledged across most of Ireland. As his power increased, relations with the Norsemen on the Irish coast grew increasingly strained. In 1013, Sitric, king of the Dublin Norse, formed an alliance against Brian, featuring Viking warriors from Ireland, the Hebrides, the Orkneys, and Iceland, as well as soldiers of Brian’s native Irish enemies.
Brian, a clan prince, seized the throne of the southern Irish state of Dal Cais from its Eoghanacht rulers in 963. He subjugated all of Munster, extended his power over all of southern Ireland, and in 1002 became the high king of Ireland. Unlike previous high kings of Ireland, Brian resisted the rule of Ireland’s Norse invaders, and after further conquests his rule was acknowledged across most of Ireland. As his power increased, relations with the Norsemen on the Irish coast grew increasingly strained. In 1013, Sitric, king of the Dublin Norse, formed an alliance against Brian, featuring Viking warriors from Ireland, the Hebrides, the Orkneys, and Iceland, as well as soldiers of Brian’s native Irish enemies.
King Brian of Ireland murdered by Vikings
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Thank you my friend Lt Col Charlie Brown for making us aware that on April 23, 1014 the high king of Ireland, Brian Boru was assassinated after his forces under 'Brian’s son Murchad met and annihilated the Viking coalition at the Battle of Clontarf, near Dublin. After the battle, a small group of Norsemen, flying from their defeat, stumbled on Brian’s tent, overcame his bodyguards, and murdered the elderly king. Victory at Clontarf broke Norse power in Ireland forever, but Ireland largely fell into anarchy after the death of Brian.'
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Always interesting to read about the Norse influence in the early history of Ireland, Scotland, England. Thanks, Charlie.
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Lt Col Charlie Brown Sounds like the Vikings Understood what a Pain in the Ass an Irish King could be.
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Lt Col Charlie Brown
The Irish were no more civilized than the Vikings at this point PO1 William "Chip" Nagel Rule by the fist
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PO1 William "Chip" Nagel
Lt Col Charlie Brown - Being a German Scotsman growing up in a German Irish Community are You Sure the "Irish" are Civilized Now? LOL! My Sponsor for Confirmation was a Big Old Irishman name of Big Pete McCarthy.
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