Brian Boru & the Vikings - Ireland in Schools

Source 2
The Battle of Clontarf web site on www.okelly.net/battles/boru.htm
The battle was scheduled for Good Friday, 1014 AD.
Brian felt much grieved that a day so sacred to the Christians should have been destined
for the work of death; but with dauntless spirit and a calm and confident exterior he issued
orders for arranging troops in order of battle.
Source 3
The Battle of Clontarf web site on www.okelly.net/battles/boru.htm
The result of the battle. (Do you think it is true)
The battle was so fierce that it is said that in places the trees wept blood and the nearby
River Tolka turned red.
Source 4
The Lion of Ireland: Brian of the Tributes web site on www.mindspring.com/~cc003636/boru.html
The Battle of Clontarf.
The Battle of Clontarf was fought on holy day, Good Friday, and the battle lasted from
early morning to the setting sun. Brian was too old to fight, but he appeared before his
troops to inspire them to their duty in the early morning. Throughout the day, Brian
prayed in his tent.... A fleeing Viking chief, Brodar of the Isle of Man, came upon Brian‘s
tent and slaying several body guards, he cleved the bare head of the Ard-Ri of Ireland while
he was praying thanks in his tent. But Brodar was captured later and died a most hideous
death.
Source 5
Morgan Llywelyn, Brian Boru, O Brien Press, Dublin 1990
The Battle of Clontarf, 1014 AD.
Brodir of Man was running wildly through Tomar‘s Wood ... He was the last invading
warlord left alive.
Soon Brodir, mad with fear, would stumble across a leather tent and a tall, white-haired
old man who still had his sword.
Neither would live to see the first star.
But Brian did not know this as he stood listening to the last sounds of the battle. He knew
only that Murcha [his son] was dead, and that his army had won a mighty victory. Never
again would the Vikings try to take Ireland by force.
UCN, Brian Boru - national hero, page 8