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Gleann Mama (Co. Wicklow) in the year 1000 by Brian,
who after the battle captured Dublin. King Sihtric (O.N.
Sigtryggr), son of Olaf Cuaran, had to submit to Brian’s
authority. Having accepted his allegiance Brian married
Gormflaith, mother of Sihtric and sister of Maelmordha,
and at the same time gave his own daughter to Sihtric
in marriage.[1]
Brian became árd-rí in 1002, and after that for about
twelve years there was peace. Towards the end of that
time Gormflaith, who had meanwhile separated from her
husband, incited her brother Maelmordha to make war on
Brian. Maelmordha and Sihtric began to gather forces for
the coming struggle. Sihtric at his mother’s command
sought the aid of Sigurthr, Earl of Orkney and of Brodar,[2]
a Viking whose fleet then lay off the west coast of Man.
Fleets also came from Norway[3] and Iceland to help their
kinsmen. The armies under Brian and Maelsechnaill
marched towards Dublin, and having encamped near
Kilmainham set fire to the district of Fingal (i.e., Fine Gall,
"the Foreigners’ territory") north of the city. The two
armies met at Clontarf on Good Friday morning and the
battle, one of the most famous ever fought on Irish soil,
raged all that day. The Norsemen suffered a severe defeat,
and in attempting to fly for refuge to their ships were
slaughtered by Maelsechnaill at Dubhgall’s Bridge, near
the Four Courts. Brian himself did not take part in the
fight, but he was slain in his tent by Brodar after the battle.[4]
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