Dún Echdach was a key Dál Fiatach stronghold at the southern end of modern Co. Antrim/border with Co. Down. Flaithbertach's attack occurred the same year Brian Boru was finalising his control of all Ireland, yet Flaithbertach pursued his own Ulster aggrandisement in parallel. Demonstrates that even while nominally under Brian's overlordship, northern kings pursued independent military objectives.
Not recorded
Aubrey generates in-depth historical research for any location in Britain — drawing on Domesday records, scheduled monuments, Victorian OS maps, geological data and archaeological archives to tell the full story of a place.
Research a location near Antrim