Tag: irish
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Samhain
O! How great is the darkness of this night and its horror, and how the demons always appear on this night! Each man that dares to stride out to try this night will no sooner find himself quickly coming back into the house! Despite these horrors, there was once a man named Nera who took…
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Saint Patrick
“My name is Patrick… I am a sinner, a simple country person, and the least of all believers. I am looked down upon by many. My father was Calpornius. He was a deacon; his father was Potitus, a priest, who lived at Bannavem Taburniae. His home was near there, and that is where I was…
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Vikings in Ireland: Fighting for Kingship with Brian Boru
BY THE TENTH CENTURY CE, the situation in Ireland had grown in complexity as ‘Viking’ identity hazed into further obscurity while the original settlers of Dublin began to integrate with the Irish. Furthermore, powerful Viking chieftains from abroad sought political dominance over a town that was gradually becoming a kingdom of its very own: Dublin. Yet,…
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Vikings in Ireland: Dublin, Conflict, and Integration
Although it may seem rather strange, raiding does not suitably describe the history of a ‘Viking Age’ Ireland, but rather it has been their settlements and their then emerging new role within Irish society that has brought forth the most curiosity. In fact, it is perhaps their behavior in Ireland that beckons us to question…
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Vikings in Ireland: Arrival and Initial Impact
Rising out of the sea, a storm of serpents approached Ireland in 795 CE that would cast a complex shadow across the land of Éiru (Ireland) over the following centuries. The ‘Vikings’, in their storm of fury, allegedly came to pillage and destroyed the Golden Age of ecclesiastical learning in Ireland. The Vikings, however, did not…
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Vikings in Ireland: Tribal, Rural, Hierarchal, and Familiar
IRELAND WAS A RATHER UNIQUE PART of the medieval world. Interestingly enough, however, the Irish world was much more like the ‘Viking’ world than many others were at this time, particularly in their political situation and the power of kinship in medieval Irish society. Thus, this lesson will delve into the background of Irish society prior to…
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Norse and Celtic Overlap in Sagas
no-destiny asked: Hey! I just found your blog and now I’m in love with it. So, I felt free to make some questions! First I wanna ask about a post, tagged in the “Celtic History” link, where you said that Ireland was mentioned in the Viking Sagas and that the Vikings where also said in the…
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Viking Age Dublin
The story behind Dublin is a fascinating tale of integration, conflict, politics, and economics. The coming of the Vikings and their settlement of Dublin changed the Irish political landscape dramatically. As this settlement grew, the kings of Ireland sought control over its wealth and prosperity. Many Irish and Scandinavian rulers fought over this settlement. To…
