#OTD in Irish History | 21 September:
1170 – Diarmait Mac Murchada and the Normans march on the Norse kingdom of Dublin, avoiding an Irish force that awaits them to the south of it. Dublin falls to them on this date. Some Norsemen, including the king of Dublin, Ascall mac Ragnaill, flee to the Hebrides or the Isle of Man. 1601 – A Spanish army under Don Juan del Aguila lands at Kinsale. 1703 – The first Irish parliament of Queen Anne…
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