In the first of a two-part video series for History Hub to mark 1000 years since the Battle of Clontarf, Dr Elva Johnston (UCD) discusses Brian Boru, the battle in 1014, and how the story of the battle was shaped by Brian Boru’s descendants.

Image: Battle of Clontarf, oil on canvas painting by Hugh Frazer (Isaacs Art Center) [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons.