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| Date | | | | | 947 | | The Danes routed by Oongelach, king of Ireland, and again in the ensuing year. | | | 950 | | The Danes defeated in Meath by the Irish. | | | 956 | | Congelach defeated and slain by the Danes of Dublin. | | | 962 | | About this time, Edgar, king of England, is said to have subdued part of Ireland, and particularly the most noble city of Dublin | | | 980 | | The power of the Danes of Dublin greatly broken by their defeat at Tarah, by Melaghlin, king of Ireland, who, the next year, ravaged Fingal with fire and sword. | | | 981 | | Melaghlin, king of Ireland, wastes Fingal with fire and sword. | | | 985 | | The Danes of Dublin ravage Derry | | | 989 | | The Danes of Dublin pay a tribute of an ounce of gold to the king of Ireland, for every capital messuage and garden in the city. ' | | | 999 | | Brien Boru ,king of Munster, takes and plunders Dublin. | | | 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 | |
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