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The Kingdom of Dublin (Old Norse: Dyflin [1]) was a Norse kingdom in Ireland that lasted from roughly 853 AD to 1170 AD. It was the first and longest-lasting Norse kingdom in Ireland, founded by Vikings who invaded the territory around Dublin in the 9th century.
Rathlin Island. In the year 795 Vikings (probably of Norwegian origin) raided islands off the coast of Ireland for the first time. [1] This was the beginning of a new phase of Irish history, which saw many native communities – particularly ecclesiastical ones – relocate themselves on the continent, or further afield in places like Iceland and the Faroe Islands, to escape the pagan marauders.
Skudelev II, a large Viking Age warship built in the Dublin area c. 1042. The Thingmote was a raised mound, 40-foot (12 m) high and 240-foot (73 m) in circumference, where the Norsemen assembled and made their laws. It stood on the south side of the river, adjacent to Dublin Castle, until 1685. [5] Viking Dublin had a large slave market.
A large amount of Viking burial stones, called the Rathdown Slabs, have been found in multiple locations across South Dublin. [41] The Vikings founded many other coastal towns, and after several generations of coexistence and intermarriage a group of mixed Irish and Norse ethnic background arose (often called Norse-Gaels or Hiberno-Norse ...
An excerpt from folio 29r of Oxford Bodleian Library MS Rawlinson B 489 (the Annals of Ulster).The excerpt concerns Sitriuc Cáech.. Sitric Cáech or Sihtric Cáech or Sigtrygg Gále, [nb 1] (Old Norse: Sigtryggr [ˈsiɣˌtryɡːz̠], Old English: Sihtric, died 927) was a Hiberno-Scandinavian Viking [nb 2] leader who ruled Dublin and then Viking Northumbria in the early 10th century.
The first known inhabitants of the Dublin region were hunter-gatherers living during the Later Mesolithic, or Middle Stone Age, around 5500 BC.Shell middens, fish traps and occupation debris, which have been found at a number of locations on and around the shores of Dublin Bay (most notably at Sutton, on Dalkey Island), at the Diageo site at Victoria Quay and at Spencer Dock, which is situated ...
Battle of Tara, at which Mael Seachnaill II defeats a Viking army from Dublin. [10] 981. Mael Seachnaill II besieges and takes the city of Dublin from the Vikings and imposes a heavy tribute on them. [10] 982. The King of Munster, Brian Boru starts extending his authority from his base around Limerick up the River Shannon. By doing so, he comes ...
The rivalry between the Uí Ímair and other groups persisted long after the Uí Ímair had gained control over Dublin, and their hegemony over the Viking settlements in Ireland was established when Amlaíb mac Gofraid defeated the Vikings of Limerick.