Battle of Clontarf, 1014 - End of the Viking Age in Ireland
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🚩 The Battle of Clontarf was a major military encounter that occurred in Ireland in April 1014. The battle is best known for being the culmination of a conflict between the local Irish kingdoms and the Viking forces, which had gained a foothold in Ireland.
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Clare Downham - The Battle of Clontarf in Irish History and Legend. History Ireland - www.historyireland.com/the-ba...
Sean Duffy - Brian Boru and the Battle of Clontarf
Sean Duffy - Medieval Ireland: An Encyclopaedia
Patrick Weston Joyce - A Concise History of Ireland (Library Ireland)
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🚩 Thanks to Storyblocks for sponsoring this video! Download unlimited stock media at one set price with Storyblocks: storyblocks.com/historymarche 🚩 The Battle of Clontarf was a major military encounter that occurred in Ireland in April 1014. The battle is best known for being the culmination of a conflict between the local Irish kingdoms and the Viking forces, which had gained a foothold in Ireland.
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Queen Elizabeth I was definitely NOT the ruler of England in 1014, I can tell you that
Congratulations on 1 million. I've been recommending your channel for years now. Well done. Now I only hope Bazbattles gets the same treatment. 😂
@@Cowpitulate Cheers! Agreed on BazBattles, he's the OG
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I love Middle Ages history "Yeah I killed 100 men by myself in a single charge, I was dual wielding, trust me bro"
Yeah I can't help but to call bs on that lol
Even Gimli son of Glóin doesn't claim that many in The Battle of the Pelennor Fields.. Someone is massaging their stats.
presumably from a very old chronicle or saga they did tend to be a bit shall we say creative with the truth still a kick ass way to be remembered
Um maybe? Or maybe it happened 😅
Must hav been using a cheat code
"Everybody died. A remarkable victory."
How to Train your Viking lol
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Well the Viking expansion was stopped. So yeah, it was a victory
Braindead comment!!!
Sounds to me like Sigtrygg won the battle to be honest. He started all the problems, got everyone else killed, and then lived on to rule Dublin. Marriage might have been a bit frosty from then on though. Reading up on his dynasty some more, it seems his son Olaf was killed by the Anglo-Saxons but then his granddaughter would go on to be the mother of the Welsh kings of Gwynedd.
Brian Buru was always more of a legend to me until now. Now he is part of history.. thank you
Brian is a man made legend. He should be regarded as Great, since he actually dominated the whole island. No other irish managed to do what he did.
The life of Brian was indeed great.
@The_ZeroLine it was a great movie
They did , they just weren't Christian enough to be written about @@mercianthane2503
@@mercianthane2503 disagree, countless high kings did the same, Cormac mac Airt, Niall Noigiallach, Diarmaid mac Cearbaill, Máel Seachnail mac Máel Ruanaide, and Flann Sinna to just name a few. Boru wasn't the only High King, nor the longest reigning. A lot of history was rewritten to make him seem far greater than he was (Chatterton Newman, 1983)
Man, what an insane battle. Wins, whole royal line wiped out in battle. What a crazy outcome.
Definitely a pyrrhic victory.
Irish history be like: War started over stolen cow, heroics on both sides, everyone dies, the end.
Sounds like a typical Irish battle to me.
I just made a similar comment before seeing this one... they probably should have worn armor, huh?
That's why I respect the leaders of those days, because they FOUGHT and DIED with their troops. Nowadays, though?
11:19 A note on "Aethelred the Unready": The word "unready" is a mistranslation of the Saxon "unrede", which actually means "ill-counselled", and the name "Aethelred" translates as "noble counsellor". Possibly, the subjects of ne'er-do-well Aethelred were making a rather sour joke at his expense: "Our noble counsellor is ill-counselled." Thanks very much for the video, HistoryMarche, and well-deserved congratulations on one million subscribers. All glory to the algorithm!
Interesting that Aethelred means noble counsellor when in modern Norwegian Adelråd would still mean noble counsel. Not surprising perhaps, with how closely related the languages are, but still fun to be able to understand even after so much time has passed
Basically he was a good king who trusted bad advisors hence the reason his rule was so chaotic and terrible.
@@bxzidffbxzidffThe Saxons and several other northern Germanic groups probably shared the same ancestors as the Norse. The similarities in language and culture are what you would expect to find in related peoples.
One could also argue "ill-read" to mean other things, but the same principle applies.
King Sigtrygg's name also sounds like the nordic meaning: Sure of Victory - Sieg (seier=victory) Trygg= sure/safe in securing victory.
Damn.... the very definition of a pyrrhic victory... in fact... probably the most pyrrhic in history, imagine "winning" while you and your entire line of succession is wiped out...insane.
It's because vikings loved battle and embraced death in their culture. Any other european armies would flee if the commander dies or if the casualities get high, but vikings were out of those lines (if they weren't arogant and technologically retarded they should dominate the world)
Sounds like my totalwar campaigns
whole line wasnt wiped out, this aint texas.
The cost of the victory in men wasn't the problem. It was having the line of succession wiped out
This might be one of the few battles that left me asked "So who's winning?"
I would say the guy watching from the city as everyone else gutted each other almost to the last man xD
I fail to understand why this historical event has never been turned into a major cinematic masterpiece 😮
Because the west is too woke and weak at this point to do it justice
An attempt was made about 20 years ago. A book was written, a script was developed and then those involved started fighting about content and rights. I lost interest in it at some point, so I don't know for sure how far they took it, but the film was never made.
Brian’s “ the lion of Thomond “ early life was just as dramatic.. his father was killed by Vikings when he was a boy.. educated by Monks in religion , language , arts of war , he eventually led a group of men who lived off the land and in the hills and Mountains close to his home ambushing the Vikings at every turn , eventually taking revenge on Ivar of Limerick , who were Vikings ,( hunted him down and had him killed on Scattery island in the Shannon estuary after the sacking of Limerick ) he had most of the male military aged Vikings put to death after the battle … eventually what was left of the Vikings assimilated with the Irish and served him hence his allies at Clontarf. Went on to build his power base from Kincora .. became king of Munster whose seat of power was the rock of cashel in Tipperary .. I’ve left out loads but no doubt he was one of the greatest Irishmen that ever lived .
@@samr131what are you babbling on about. Braveheart did alright, and I think you underestimate the appeal of Celts vs Vikings on a movie screen. A movie would take artistic license to engage the audience. So it's not like it would mirror a boring academic reading that you would give.
@@samr131 You're delusional!
My dad grew up in Clontarf, always talked about the sword from the battle in his classroom as a boy. Cannot wait to watch this with him! Great videos!
What school in clontarf is the sword in ???
@@christianmccann9400be in a museum nowadays.
Seems like they had a few spares. 😂
I was in Ireland in August and was fortunate to stay at Castle Clontarf and hike at Howth and Malahide. Beautiful country and wonderful history.
Because so many important figures of the winning side died in the last phase of this battle, it really speakes volume about the ferocity of this battle.
I would love to see more Irish battles for sure.
i feel that medieval English history overshadows medieval irish history.
@@enamulhaquefahim4924 oh okay.
I really would love to learn more about Irish history, before the Norse or English conquests.
@@enamulhaquefahim4924 possibly, but I greatly enjoyed this video.
@chasechristophermurraydola,9314 Unfortunately then, you missed the Crown in Cricklewood --on a Friday night in the 60's.
They fought until both armies were nearly annihilated. Unbelievable. I cannot think of another example when both sides displayed such badassery.
@Your_President_Kanye_East, Was before "social media," they didn't have cell phones. And, more important, before "IMMODIUM."
Yeah, it was all incredibly heroic. It's nice to see it all played out neatly in a KZhead video, but my goodness. Champions dueling each other, an underdog king rising from obscurity. As someone who's read extensively into this, fiction couldn't create anything better!
Its relatively common once you get to the 'Barbarian tribes of Europe'. They just did not rout like other men. I always found it fascinating to learn about battles fought by the ancient powers like the Greeks, Romans or Persians; and while there is much to be admired from their strategies, their technology and the skill at arms; relative to the Northern Barbarians they appear rather wimp-ish. They flee after maybe 20-40% of the army has been killed, and the big slaughters tended to happen when people were run down after the battle. Meanwhile the Goths, Irish, Saxons, Franks, Vandals and 'vikings' just brutalised one-another with horrifically high casualty rates in almost every battle, routing only after huge (60-80%+) losses, and sometimes not even then. There are even a few famous examples of them just dying to the last and often ignoring or even being urged on to fight all the harder when their leaders are killed. What is somewhat interesting is how the trend persisted into the modern era with wars against China or India yielding similar results of the non-European sides fleeing after relatively mild losses, and a fair few examples of Europeans stubbornly fighting on in apparently doomed situations and just not breaking.
@@HaggisOfDeath that fits.. Tbf the natives from all those countrys are quite stubborn in temperment.
@@HaggisOfDeath To be fair retreating can just be seen as regrouping. Withdrawing from a battle when you see you are going to lose to regroup and come back to try and re-take the advantage is the reason the Romans, Greeks and many others were so victorious. Even today this is the case.
Congrats on reaching 1M subs HM! Well deserved!!!
Thanks so much man!
Never really heard about vikings in ireland. This channel is really in depth in battles and other stuff!
There were a shitload of vikings in Ireland for quite some time.
Vikings founded both Dublin and Kyiv. They were literally everywhere in Europe, including Al-Andalus
There is sort of "good test" that will help You finding out Viking heritage, only really works in English lounge. Every country's name finishing on LAND, like Scotland, Iceland even Poland but that is a long and complicated story 🤔.
Most of the big coastal cities were Viking built
@@stzawadzkiThey only attacked the Emirate of Córdoba and the Kingdom of Nekor.
The rain and lightning from the “top” was such a nice touch! It made me feel like I’m God watching the events unfold below. What a great video! Well done!
Long time watcher here! Happy to see that my favourite history has reached 1 million subs. Please continue the good work.
This story is legendary in every way. Why hasn't there been a film or series about it yet?
If Brian Boru was thirty years younger it would have been and while I think it still should be it's a hard sell for the main character to be a weak battered old man unless you want to take historical liberties
@@bpdhoplite what makes you picture a weak, frail, battered old man? Most british kings look old af, yet bravehearts a movie.... I think what you mean is " there is no british king and queen who are brother and sister, leading the movie so their son/brother can one day rule"
For some reason, I have always loved the Irish. What an interesting people, that have had way more impact on the world than their small island suggests.
its because we are lovers not fighters primarily, its easy to have an impact when your sleeping with everyone lol
24:20 "The foreigners are coming into their inheritance." That was ice-cold.
The burn on that, ouch.
This is probably the earliest I've been to one of your videos, love your content
Early Medieval/Viking age battles: shieldwall clashes and endless carnage for both sides, everyone dies Late Medieval battles: oh sh*it, our cavalry charge ran into longbows/stakes, everyone gets captured
Exceptional work overall, the graphics and storytelling are insanely good. As an Irishman and History Enthusiast, I can safely say this is one of the best videos I have seen covering Irish History. However, there was one significant flaw: Brian Boru was not a Cork man; his power base was in Kincora, Killaloe, at the mouth of Lough Derg on the River Shannon (modern-day Co.Clare). This is vitally important information as his clan, the Dál gCáis, and other clans were fiercely territorial. Having his power base in your graphics located in Cork wouldn't and doesn't sit right. But your work is outstanding, so I have subscribed. Go raibh míle maith agat, mo chara. Thank you.
@BertieBrosnnan, He didn't say Brian was a Cork man. He mentioned Cenn Corad, Irish for Kincora? which is I believe, at the heart, as it were, of Thomond. His pronunciation of Connacht left something to be desired, but that is the "Angleterre" way. I too have a mild interest in "history" though I've learned, with some angst, that "History ain't what it used to be".
@@ccahill2322 All in all, I'm Sligo, and I think that he did an extremely respectful attempt. It's unfair to expect a foreigner to dictate everything accurately. They're not from a Gaeltacht. He told our story, and, God willing, people can enjoy it.
@@ccahill2322 Watch the graphics. For a good chunk of the video, he clearly places Brian in Cork. Re-watch it; he is clearly placed in Cork City, which is totally wrong. For example, at 11:37, for over two minutes, he said 'Kincora', but the pins were sticking from Cork. It's hard to miss.
@@deathrabbit8710 My words on his video: "Exceptional work overall, the graphics and storytelling are insanely good. As an Irishman and History Enthusiast, I can safely say this is one of the best videos I have seen covering Irish History... But your work is outstanding, so I have subscribed. Go raibh míle maith agat, mo chara. Thank you." I clearly commented massive compliments to him. My constructive criticism will most certainly help him in the future if he notices. I only mentioned it because, in those times, the Tuatha and their territories were essential. He placed his stronghold on Cork City and said Kincora which is a massive mistake. I produced videos on Irish History, and I welcome constructive criticism; I loved this video overall.
Spot on. My family the O'Loughlin's the Princes of the Burren ancestral lands bordered that of the O'Briens. Sometimes we fought against them, other times we fought along side them. We were at Clontarf alongside the O'Briens as part of the host from Clare.
I never miss a History Marche video. Awesome content.
I think I've said it before, but I will say it again. I am 3 minutes in and your narration is incredible. If you wrote a fictional book based on real life events (like Sharpes War) for example, I would buy it and read it. I love how descriptive you are. You manage set a tone like no one else can, and make me feel like I am actually there.
Fully agree , this is what makes his videos special
Living in Northern Ireland it's great to see the history of this island being featured in your videos ❤
Won't be "northern ireland" for much longer, mucker. 🇮🇪
Do you mean the ancient irish province known as Ulster?
@@g_g8537 And what would you do with the population that doesn’t want to be a part of Ireland?
@@g_g8537 It'll be Something-stan on account of all of the third-worlders you keep letting in. That or some random un-pronounceable gibberish African name. Pick your poison. Doesn't matter which one, but at the rate the Brits, Scots, and Irish are going....you're going to pick one whether you like it or not. The only people not being flooded with third-worlders is Wales. Odd that.
@@danielboone8256It will be done via referedum, to deny it will be undemocratic.
I can't get over of how beautiful the visuals looks, this is art❤
The red squares are particularly beautiful.
And Irish King wins the battle but loses his life and that of his royal line. Now that is the very definition of unfortunate. Great video.
The luck of the Irish
Thanks as always for the videos, love them. Gretings from Canary Island, Spain.
Great stuff History Marche. An account I once read of Brian's death described him as being so old and infirm by this stage that he had to be carried on a stretcher to a place near the battlefield. Here he prayed in his tent for an Irish victory as the battle raged. Brodir of Man had been fleeing from a duel with Brian's brother, a man the Vikings called Wolf, when he happened upon Brian's tent. The story goes that he was still kneeling in prayer when Brodir entered the tent and split him straight down the middle with a sparth, split him in half like a piece of firewood. Then continued to flee. But Wolf soon caught him and then tied him to a tree with his own entrails. Never heard of the thing about being made to walk around the tree before. But it sounds suitably gruesome. Great work. Concise, accurate and still colourful. I would love to see more Irish battles covered. Especially battles where the Gallowglas were involved - like Curlew Pass, when 300 Gallowglas broke the English vanguard of heavy cavalry. Or Farsetmore, where just 90 O'Donnell Gallowglas wrecked Shane O'Neill.
This actually makes more sense. Why execute a man for killing your King in a battle?
@@EerieV23they executed him because those men loved their king and were tasked with defending him but he died, the amount of anger that must of built up in all those Irish soldiers was probably insane
@paulduffy4585, I had heard from a "reliable source" that "Brodir" went to Brian, on a stroll back to the beach whereupon seeing Brian he, (as in those times formalities were deemed dispensable) he said "Brian I've come to bury the hatchet and before Brian could utter nay, or yea he promptly buried in Brian's head. Such was diplomacy in the days of the "warrior"
@@ccahill2322 And then Wolf, not believing Brodir would have the guts to say such a thing, ripped them out to take a look.
the 'saga of burnt njal' contains a chapter on the battle of clontarf, including the horrific omens of the coming disaster for the norse and the psychic phenomena afterwards. a nobleman of the orkneys was said to have encountered the earl of orkney (slain in the battle) and a group of warrriors afterwards; they were seen to ride behind a hill, and "none of that riding were ever seen again".
Brilliant video, even in Ireland this battle is so often portrayed as viking vs gael. Thank you for showing vikings fought under Brian Ború and Gaelic tribes fought with the Dublin vikings. Irish history is always very complicated.
Yes the British isles were a hot mix of tribal alliances, mercenary activities trading and talking.. Irish Scottish, welsh and English are all intertwined. The DNA does not lie..The two major occorances that drew the sharpest lines between them and created the more recent polarized society was the split in the Church under Henry the 8th which created the Protestant Catholic dividing line. The subsequent mismanagement of the Potato famine caused the end of Irish ever trusting the mainland to govern them and they spent the next 2 generations conspiring en masse to become a separate State. Nowadays all groups seem to pretend all the alliances and intermixing of the past never happened and that the current lines always were .. The DNA does not lie.. 😂
@BobBelson what planet do you live on
@nedlooby7419 What is your point ? Make your point.Taken at face value your comment is answered as such - There are 8 planets in our solar system not including Pluto which flip flops as an exo planet due to its oribital plane which suggests it may not be a planet.. That notwithstanding only one planet supports life in our solar system .The planet earth which is the 3rd one out from the sun..I reside on planet earth.. All of the British isles are also on earth in the northern hemisphere above the Atlantic Ocean.- you idiot.😉
@@BobBelson Very true
@@BobBelson ha...funny.. Only people seeing it as confusing is the british...we ALL raided each other, allied up, fell out and raided each other again... But the british are condemned by all other celtic nations because of the ATROCITIES they committed to their celtic cousins.. Us. The DNA doesnt lie, true. But celts dont forgive. Also true. Brit = traitor.
This is absolutely fantastic. Love hearing my ancestors fights throughout history. Ireland has always been complicated to say the least.
As an Irishman i absolutley love and appreciate what i think is your attempt at saying Connacht and the video as usual is so impressive would love more on irish history amazing channel
Is that what he's saying? Knorth? I have an ear infection so couldnt figure it out! CON-ACHT
Also Murchadh is pronounced MURKA
@DestroyTeamAvolition Murchadh is my namesake, and finally, someone who said it right!
Boru spent all that time trying to unite Ireland just for it all to go back to how it was, crazy how in just the span of an hour can determine the future of a country. great video as always, congrats on the 1 mill
Just the best history channel. Great narrator. Both content and execution. Got even better over time. I did not think it would be possible.
Another great job featuring a part of history that is mostly unknown for the majority of people. Love your informative and detailed narration style. Can't wait for the next one.
The Irish won a beautiful victory that day but also a terrible defeat, one of the rare battles who actually won also lost.
Viking expansion was stopped. How is that not a victory? Jesus, you really just hate Irish people
It was a victory for Ireland and the Irish but not for the Royal family and the Vikings
Congratulations on your 1 million subscribers! You deserve every single one for your excellent history and quality
I've been watching your channel for years, it's one of my favourites on KZhead. Awesome video, as always!
Excellent narration, well written and delivered. Thanks.
Every video makes me research more about the battles on it. I didn't know until now that vikings also besieged Ireland.
Viking’s had kingdoms here
Most of Irelands cities were founded by vikings
I just love how each video starts on your channel. It`s captivating.
Great job i was hoping to see more content on Ireland and Scotland thanks for another great video
Always glad when a new one comes out❤
Love the channel but as a local familiar with the geography the approach marches to Dublin were unlikely to have been made over that route. The pronunciation of place names raised a smile!
Oh wow, you guys finally made it to 1 million subscribers! It's been pretty crazy to see your journey, dont give up on these guys.
"Thank you so much for your efforts, HistoryMarche! I thoroughly enjoyed the narration of this video. Your channel consistently explores fresh and interesting topics, making it a refreshing and informative experience. Keep up the great work, looking forward to more captivating content!"
Brian family tree being almost wiped out in the end. I wasn't expecting that. Like it seemed they won and that's it. But how things can change pretty quickly during a battle! Awesome!
Almost..and yet..Not. 😉
all o briens are his family tree that name started with him
Never stop making videos ! I can not stop watching this channel since I found it 3 years ago ! U deserve so much more subs ❤
Brilliant! You did it justice as always!
Awesome video! Great to see you back at it again.
Thank you for another great piece of history brought back to life
Nice to see a battle that is so little-known outside Ireland bgettign such a detailed treatment. Great stuff. Quick note on pronunciation; in Ireland Howth is pronounced as if it rhymes with "Oath", i.e "Hoath". The pronunciation of "Meath" rhymes with "Breathe". "Clontarf" is said quickly, with the emphasis on the second syllable: clonTARF.
Came here to say this
04:36 and on is so metal! Absolutely epic. I love it. Thank you for all your work over the years, and congratulations on one million subs, it has been long overdue. Hope you are well!
Thank you very much!
Thanks, mister. Keep up the good work!
This is so intriguing. I have always been so drawn to this battle
Glad to see the battle of Clontarf reviewed, my ancestors fought on the side of Connacht.
Thank you so much for creating this. This king is a true legend among Irish people.
Puzzled by the Title "Ending the Viking Age in Ireland" because Dublin remained Norse speaking and Viking until the Normans took it 200 years later. The Munstermen were too reduced to take the city. Interesting that Brian had Vikings in his army too.
Congratulations on finally reaching one million. I’ve been here since the third video
Awesome! Thank you!
More Irish history please! Thank you for your content.
Clontarf was a totally Pyrrhic victory then, neither side strong enough to finish the other afterwards ! Good in depth video though, I learned a lot from it, thanks
Kincora,Brian’s fort is in co. Clare not Cork as shown and can still be visited today.there is a church in Tuamgraney which has documented evidence that Brian Boru visited
Greetings from Dublin .. i can see my house from here !
1st time watcher and i must say , what a fantastic history lesson ! Excellent work
amazing how quickly 50 years of unity can shatter. Great video, thanks!
Love this channel, keep up the awesome content.
Bróðir ( Brodir ) is an Icelandic word that means brother.
Thoughly enjoyed this episode. Cheers!
Another excellent video by this team
Fabulous stuff sir!
Sacrifice For the algorithm! I always learn something new with you! Thanks!🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥
Excellent! Many thanks from Ireland for this
I'm here to follow up on a comment on a previous video where I asked for the Battle of Clontarf. HistoryMarche, you have delivered!
Thank you brother History Marshe..
Finally. Getting to the good stuff 🇮🇪
Wow. Didnt expect this ending.
Great video. I was not familiar with some of Viking history in Ireland. Very interesting.
Nice video. Brian boru only managed a fully united Ireland for 7 years, imagine how history would be different if the battle had changed. Would love to see a video on the Norman conquest of Ireland. Always interrupted as a black and white affair, it was actually more complicated, with England controlling Ireland land by accident via an ambitious Norman-Welsh lord rather than design at the beginning.
The sad thing is with our population half that of England, we would've got invaded and conquered unless we made a really great alliance with, say, France, our existence would pend upon alliances
Excellent video, good to see one on Ireland. hate to be that guy but.... visually spotting approaching armies from some of these distances, south city to swords ... not without a drone.
Watched the other day but came to leave a comment. This video was so good. You have gotten better and better over the years. I enjoy your videos even more than EHTV and K&G.
Finally! The mighty deeds of the irish are featured here. I have an inkling that irish history is ignored and people only pay attention to the english invasions and the terrible famine of the 19th century. Beyond that, you don't hear much of what they did, especially when they preserved the light of knowledge in the early middle ages.
Part of that seems to me that the Irish themselves don't seem to know much about it or talk about it. I've lived in Ireland for almost 15 years and it is often that you see things from the Irish War of Independence and then onwards to The Troubles. Which is a shame because Ireland's medieval history is incredibly rich and interesting.
@@Jelle1880very true
What an intro narrative, one thing which makes your videos great
Congratulations on 1 million subs btw! Cheers
The battle was amazingly gruesome!
I very much enjoyed your video and I gave it a Thumbs Up
Congrats on finally reaching 1 million subscribers! As long subscriber I remember the long journey of getting there. 🎉
Thank you so much!!
excellent as always
A great video. 👏🏾 more on the Irish please. 🙏🏾
love the content and the presentation
I'm a descendant Scandinavian vikings who settled in Ireland then later fled after the Jacobites war.
Njal's Saga is a great source for the battle of Clontarf - facinating accounts of Brodir and Ospak, plus one of Njal's 'burners' in the losing army, who stops to tie his laces, is caught by the pursuers who adk him why hes not running: his reply "home is in Iceland and i wont get there tonight" - they spared him!!
Excellent production!
Another wonderful historical coverage video was shared by an excellent ( History Marche) channel. video about 1014 AD in Ireland 🇮🇪 where vikings raiders and internal conflicts wagged by lords and monarch dynasties. Thank you for sharing this magnificent video
First time my hometown of Swords has been mentioned in an online KZhead history telling 😂 Literally walked past one of the surviving bits of Dublin's old wall yesterday. Imposing to look at would be an understatement.
I clicked on this because I live in North Strand, just down the road, under 2km from Clontarf. This dramatisation is a hoot! The notion that from their city walls vantantage point, the king and queen of Dublin watched army advance through Clondalkin (10km from Christ Church, approximately where city walls were) northward through Swords (14km) is hilarious. But even though there's lots of dramatic details imagined, it's all grounded in solid historical detail, and the embellishments add to the gripping narrative. The mispronunication of Howth (it's pronounced Hoe-th) gives away this is definitely not an Irish narrator, but it's told brilliantly nonethless, and I learned a lot from it. I will definietly watch more of your informative and entertaining videos, and I'm glad I started witha local one to get some grounding for the style and approach. Are you into the Crusader Kings computer game series? I never goto the hang of it, but the graphics remind me of it
Love learning about Viking history
Really really really enjoyed that, well put together, my daughter is doing a CBA and she choose this topic, I’m chuffed 🇮🇪
Glad she’s learning that Ireland was never United or a country lol 🇬🇧