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A woman and a young girl looking across the River Thames

Giltspur Street Compter

The former Conservative Prime Minister died on 19th April 1881

University of Cambridge

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

Death of Brian Boru at the Battle of Clontarf mb-width 10065 A woman and a youngDeath 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.