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Brian Boru, High King of Ireland, died in 1014 after winning which famous battle near Dublin?

  • A Battle of the Boyne
  • B Battle of Kinsale
  • C Battle of Vinegar Hill
  • ✓ Battle of Clontarf Your answer

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At Clontarf, Brian's forces defeated a coalition of Leinster rebels and Dublin Vikings. Brian himself was killed in the battle, and he is remembered as one of Ireland's greatest medieval kings.

Source: Dictionary of Irish Biography: Brian Bóruma; Encyclopaedia Britannica

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