Background Auisle
ireland in late ninth-century; viking settlements of linns, dublin, wexford, waterford, cork , limerick marked
the earliest recorded viking raids in ireland occurred in 795. on time, these raids increased in intensity, , overwintered in ireland first time in 840–841. later in 841 longphort constructed @ Áth cliath (irish hurdled ford), site later develop city of dublin. longphorts established @ other sites around ireland, of developed larger viking settlements on time. viking population in ireland boosted in 851 arrival of large group known dark foreigners – contentious term considered mean newly arrived vikings, opposed fair foreigners , i.e. viking population resident in arrival prior influx. kingdom in viking scotland established mid ninth-century, , exerted control on of vikings in ireland. 853 separate kingdom of dublin had been set claimed control on vikings in ireland.
auisle s brother amlaíb arrived in ireland in 853 according annals of ulster:
amlaíb, son of king of lochlann, came ireland, , foreigners of ireland submitted him, , took tribute irish.
amlaíb named in annals king of foreigners , in modern texts labelled first king of dublin, after viking settlement base of power. brothers arrived in ireland later, , ruled co-kings. fragmentary annals go more detail regarding amlaíb s arrival:
also in year, i.e. sixth year of reign of máel sechlainn, amlaíb conung, son of king of lochlann, came ireland, , brought him proclamation of many tributes , taxes father, , departed suddenly. younger brother Ímar came after him levy same tribute.
lochlann, laithlinn or lothlend, land amlaíb s father king, identified norway, not universally accepted had such meaning in times. several historians have proposed instead in times, , late battle of clontarf in 1014, laithlinn refers norse , norse-gael lands in hebrides, isle of man, northern isles , parts of mainland scotland. whatever original sense, twelfth century, when magnus barefoot undertook expedition west, had come mean norway.
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