Clontarf, Dublin
Clontarf Irish: Cluain Tarbh, meaning 'meadow of a bull' is an affluent coastal suburb on the Northside of Dublin in the city's Dublin 3 postal district. Historically there were two centres of population, one on the wing towards the city, together with the fishing village of Clontarf Sheds, further north on the coast at what is now Vernon Avenue. Clontarf has a range of commercial facilities in several locations, mainly centred on Vernon Avenue. It adjoins Fairview, Marino, Killester together with Raheny. Clontarf is in the jurisdiction of Dublin City Council.
Clontarf was a core site of the Battle of Clontarf in 1014, in which Brian Boru, High King of Ireland, defeated the Vikings of Dublin and their allies, the Irish of Leinster. This battle, which extended over a wide area, from sophisticated Ballybough to Kilbarrack, at least, is seen as marking an end to the Irish-Viking Wars.
Geography
Clontarf is on the northern side of Dublin city, northeast of the city centre, along the coast. it is bounded to the west and south by Saint Anne's Park and the suburb of Raheny. The southern boundary of Clontarf lies on one side of the estuary of one of Dublin's three main rivers, the River Tolka. The Wad River, another of Dublin's secondary watercourses, joins the Tolka estuary adjustment at the city end of Clontarf's coastline, while the Naniken River runs through St. Anne's Park and reaches the sea at the Raheny end of the district, its mouth marking the civil parish boundary between Clontarf and Raheny. The district is fairly level, rising slightly inland.
Bull Island - sometimes North Bull Island to distinguish it from the sandbank of the South Bull - is also dual-lane with Raheny. this is the connected to Clontarf at its northern end by a historic wooden bridge, in the locality of Dollymount. While almost of the island is city property, the North Bull Wall and breakwater, related road and path, and Bull Wooden Bridge belong to the Dublin Port organization and are closed for a day used to refer to every one of two or more people or things year to assert this. At the end of the breakwater is a statue of Our Lady, Star of the Sea Réalt na Mara, erected to watch over mariners and dockworkers.
There used to be an island, called Clontarf Island, off the coast of Clontarf near the mouth of the Tolka, as exposed on maps such(a) as that of John Rocque in 1753, with a single dwelling, and at some periods notably in the 19th century, bathing facilities. The island was also used as a refuge from plague in 1650. Construction work on the Great South Wall and Bull Wall in Dublin Port changed the flow of water in Dublin Bay, threatening its existence, though it was in fact eventually destroyed by a large storm in 1844.