Ulf the Quarrelsome, or Ulf Hreda, is described in
Njals Saga as a brother to
Brian Boru
Brian Boru ( mga, Brian Bóruma mac Cennétig; modern ga, Brian Bóramha; 23 April 1014) was an Irish king who ended the domination of the High Kingship of Ireland by the Uí Néill and probably ended Viking invasion/domination of Ireland. Br ...
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High King of Ireland from 1002 to 1014. He is primarily mentioned in the saga's account of the
Battle of Clontarf
The Battle of Clontarf ( ga, Cath Chluain Tarbh) took place on 23 April 1014 at Clontarf, near Dublin, on the east coast of Ireland. It pitted an army led by Brian Boru, High King of Ireland, against a Norse-Irish alliance comprising the for ...
of
1014
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, in the aftermath of which he gruesomely killed
Brodir of the
Isle of Man
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to avenge his brother's death at the hands of the invaders:
''Ulf the Quarrelsome cut open his belly, and led him round and round the trunk of a tree, and so wound all his entrails out of him, and he did not die before they were all drawn out of him.''
Some have identified Ulf as a brother of Brian named Cuiduligh.
External links
The Story of Burnt Njal (Njal's Saga) Part 11indexed online version of Njåls saga
translated to English by George Dasents. The part referring to Clontarf, ''Brian's Battle'', is in chapter 156
11th-century Irish people
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