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Clontarf Online - Clontarf A History (2368 words) |
 | Clontarf is familiar to Irishmen everywhere from its association with the defeat of the Vikings by Brian Boroimhe in 1014. |
| The First church in Clontarf was founded by the great abbot of Bangor, St. Comgall, around 550, and it would have been a part of the evangelical efforts from the monastery and school of St.Mobhi at Glasnevin to the area from Fingal to Swords and Sutton. |
| The Battle of Clontarf of Good Friday, 1014 was fought along the banks of the River Tolca from Glasnevin to Ballybough, but as the Vikings summoned by Sitric to his aid had beached their boats on the strand of Clontarf, it was here that their final rout was accomplished. |
| Clontarf an Overview (506 words) |
| Clontarf is situated on the East Coast of Dublin. |
| Clontarf has a long history and this can be traced back to before the time of St. Comgall (550 AD) but is most noted for the Battle of Clontarf in 1014. |
| Clontarf also has a great number of educational facilities; it is convenient to five primary schools and three secondary schools as well as the special needs facilities of the Central Remedial Clinic and the Irish Wheelchair Association. |
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