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viking

Maybe a little.

NEVER!

NiallC, of Dublin-based ‘creative solutions facility’ Noho writes:

“TODAY is the actual 1000 anniversary of the Battle of Clontarf. Here’s a short film we made, currently running in Dublinia as part of an exhibition on the battle there: Hopefully it gives a good (and historically accurate) view of how the city would have looked on this day 1000 years ago.”

Dublinia

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[Bloodthirsty hipsters Viking brothers, red bearded Ospak (Daithí Mac Suibhne) and Brodir (Andrew Kenny) fall out]

Ancient saga.

New play.

Derdiedas writes:

“Following on from your Battle of Clontarf competition, could you let people know about our play ‘The Assassination of Brian Boru’ on in The New Theatre in Temple Bar this week only. It’s got swords and blood and curses and fighting and a dead king but it’s not really about any of those things. Sound.”

The Assassination of Brian Boru (NewTheatre)

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The Battle of Clontarf.

Stop blaming the Vikings.

Mick Liffey, of the HistoryHub.ie, writes:

With the millennium celebrations of the Battle of Clontarf coming up in the next few weeks your readers might be interested ina History Hub video which takes a close look at 1014. It features UCD medieval historian Elva Johnston who explains why Brian Boru was an important figure; what the battle was about; who fought it; and how the story of the battle was reshaped by Brian’s descendants.
Elva argues that the Battle of Clontarf was an internal struggle between rival, though closely related, power bases from within Ireland itself, rather than an Irish effort to repel a Viking invasion. Brian Boru’s two main opponents at the Battle of Clontarf were Máel Mórda (King of Leinster and Brian’s brother-in-law) and Sitric (Hiberno-Norse King of Dublin and Brian’s son-in-law). The graphic (above) shows how closely related the main figures on both sides were to each other….”

HistoryHub.ie

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Jaysus.

Pillage-loving cosplayers re-enactors Gary Nolan (left) and Iain Barber at Temple Bar this morning lending their awesome pre-hipster beardage to promote Dublin City Council’s Battle of Clontarf Festival this Easter Weekend (April 19-20) in St Anne’s Park, Raheny, Dublin.

There may be Harp.

Battle of Clontarf Festival

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