The Normans under the command of Strongbow made a daring march over the wild Wicklow mountains in 1170 thus avoiding the waiting armies of the Irish and Vikings on the lowland approaches to Dublin and took Dublin without a problem. The Viking ruler Hasculf /Ascall Mac Torcaill fled Dublin but returned with a Viking fleet from the Northern Isles to take the Dublin back. It resulted in a savage battle outside the walls of Dublin but who were the winners?
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