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| Date | | | | | 1014 | | Battle of Clontarf, in which Sitric, king of the Danes, was defeated, after a long and obstinate .engagement, by Brien Boru, who also was killed at the moment of victory. Murchad, Brien's son, and a number of the Irish chieftains, fell in the battle | | | 1026 | | Donagh O'Brien, king of Munster, obliges the Danes of Dublin to do him homage, and deliver hostages. | | | 1029 | | Aulaffe Sitric, king of the Danes of Dublin, taken prisoner by Matthew O'Regan, and ransomed, on payment of 200 beeves, 80 horses, 3 ounces of gold, and a sword called Charles's sword. | | | 1038 | | About this time, Christ Church, Dublin, was founded by Sitric, king of the Danes, with the aid of Donat, bishop of Dublin ; the latter of whom also built St. Michael's Chapel, which was converted into a parish church by Richard Talbot, archbishop of Dublin. | | | 1066 | | Godfred Crovan, king of Man, takes Dublin, and conquers great part of Leinster. | | | 1072 | | The Danes of Dublin give hostages, and do homage to Turlogh O'Brien, king of Munster. | | | 1088 | | The Danes of Dublin burnt Waterford, and the next year marched out to attack Cork, but were defeated with considerable loss. | | | 1095 | | Mortogh O'Brien, king of Ireland, drives Godfred, the Danish king, out of Dublin, and keeps possession of it till his death, twenty-five years after. St. Michan's Church founded this year by St. Michan, a Dane. | | | 1105 | | St. Catherine's Church built. Newly roofed in 1544, and rebuilt in 1761. | | | 1105 | | Scotland invaded by a fleet fitted out by the citizens of Dublin; after ravaging the coast, thev made a. descent upon Wales, and carried off thence the shrine of St. Cubie, which they deposited in Christ Church. | |
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