For the day that’s in it.
Another part of UCD’s History Hub’s video series on the Battle of Clontarf – Commemorating Clontarf: 1014 through the Ages.
Mick Liffey writes:
The video looks at how the battle has been commemorated in the last 1000 years. It focuses on how the story of the battle was reshaped for political purposes at various different times in Irish history, beginning with Brian Boru’s great-grandson at the start of the twelfth century, through the romanticisation of the story in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, to Daniel ‘O’Connell’s use of the battle in the mid-nineteenth century during the Repeal movement. Finally, it looks at the relationship between the Irish Volunteers and the Battle of Clontarf at the time of the 900th anniversary in 1914, and later, on the eve of the 1916 Rising.
The video features contributions from UCD historians Dr Elva Johnston, Dr Eamon O’Flaherty, Dr Conor Mulvagh as well as Dr Meidhbhín Ní Úrdail of the UCD School of Irish, Celtic Studies, Irish Folklore & Linguistics. It was wholly funded by the UCD School of History and Archives.
Meanwhile…
Piper Mark Redmond (top) plays a specially-commissioned [by Dublin City Council] piece for the uileann pipe composed by Sandie Purcell to commemorate the Battle of Clontarf.
(Leon Farrell/Photocall Ireland)
Meanwhile….
Harry Byrne’s, Clontarf, Dublin last night.
It’s got a lovely head, in fairness.
Meanwhile…
Melanie Finn tweetz:
Gorgeous day for the Battle of Clontarf celebrations.
