Clontarf

/ (klɒnˈtɑːf) /

noun

Battle of Clontarf a battle fought in 1014, near Dublin, in the Republic of Ireland, in which the Danes were defeated by the Irish but the Irish king, Brian Boru, was killed

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Now, the question is, was the tide really at its height on the Clontarf shore at sunrise on that fatal morning?

The Story of Ancient Irish Civilization |P. W. Joyce
In his O'Connell dinner, the souffls la Clontarf, were considered by gastronomes to be a rich bit of satire.

Club Life of London, Vol. I (of 2) |John Timbs
He had placed himself unknowingly in the hands of traitors, for the ship was commanded by a The ship is run ashore at Clontarf.

History of England from the Fall of Wolsey to the Death of Elizabeth. Vol. II. |James Anthony Froude
After Clontarf Woden seems to have been looked upon as beaten.

Ireland under the Tudors, Volume I (of II) |Richard Bagwell

His reverence the Abbot of Clontarf knoweth well what to do with a pole-ax.

Ned, the son of Webb |William O. Stoddard

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Clontarf

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