![]() In 853 CE a Viking prince named Amlaib Conung (r. While the Norse had been conducting their raids in Ireland, other Viking armies had been at work elsewhere in Britain and Scotland and other regions. After the Danes had left, however, the Norse were given no time to resume their former raids as a new figure arrived who would change the Irish landscape permanently. The struggle between the Danes and the Norse of Ireland “disturbed the whole country,” according to the Annals of Ulster, until the Danes were driven off sometime in c. In 849 CE a fleet of ships from Denmark arrived in Ireland to impose order on the Norse raiders there. The Viking forces at this time were not organized under a single leadership but seem to have followed the commands of a local leader. 846-862 CE, father of the later High King Flann Sinna) defeated the Viking forces in battle at Dublin, killing 700 of them, and destroying the longphort settlement. In 848 CE the Southern Ui Neill High King Mael Sechnaill I (r. The Ui Neill were attempting to consolidate their power in the north and south of Ireland through the rule of a High King of Tara, chosen alternately from the northern and southern branches of the clan, and they fought back effectively. The monasteries and abbeys were often located along the coast and lent themselves to strikes from the sea. Their choice of monasteries most likely had little to do with religious differences and everything to do with easy access to rich plunder and food supplies. The Vikings had first struck Britain in 793 CE in a bloody raid on the abbey of Lindisfarne and they would continue their attacks there while simultaneously raiding Irish sites. It should be noted, however, that this date is only accepted as concluding the Viking raids because it corresponds to the rise of the Viking Kingdom of Dublin and a decrease in raids on Ireland from overseas it does not signify an end to Viking raids or hostilities between the Vikings and the Irish. ![]() Viking raids would continue almost annually until 842 CE. Patrick's Island, one of the most revered monastic sites, in 798 CE. The various chronicles of the Irish during the Viking Age are never very flattering to the invaders and with good reason: the Vikings disrupted life in Ireland beginning in 795 CE with the sacking and burning of the monastic island of Rechru (Rathlin) followed shortly after by the destruction of St. Follow us on Youtube! The Vikings in Ireland
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