Death of Brian Boru at the Battle of Clontarf mb-width 10065 Oval portrait of John Foxe

Oval portrait of John Foxe

in his left a bundle of matches labelled For the new Parliament

A woman and a young girl looking across the River Thames

Plate 11 from La Vraye Science de la Pourtraicture Descrite & DemonstrÚe by Jean Cousin (Paris

University of Cambridge

Death of Brian Boru at the Battle of Clontarf mb-width 10065 Oval portrait of John FoxeDeath of Brian Boru at the Battle of Clontarf, Ireland, 1014 (1913). Brian Boru (c941 1014) was King of Munster from 978 and High King of Ireland from 1002. He was killed at Clontarf fighting the army of the King of Leinster and the Vikings of Dublin. Illustration from The Northmen in Britain by Eleanor Means Hull, published 1913.