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Brian Boru

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Bri·an Bo·ru  (brn b-r, bô-r, brn) 926-1014.
Irish king (1002-1014) who spent most of his life fighting the Danes and the Norse. He was killed after the final defeat of a Danish coalition, which ended Norse power in Ireland.
Brian Boru [bəˈruː]
n
(Biographies / Brian Boru (?941-1014) M, Irish, POLITICS: hereditary ruler) ?941-1014, king of Ireland (1002-14): killed during the defeat of the Danes at the battle of Clontarf


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