A small Viking fleet enters the River Liffey in eastern Ireland, probably led by the chieftain Saxolb (Soxulfr) who is killed later this year. The Vikings overwinter on
Lough Neagh in 840[1] and set up a base, which the Irish call
longphorts and which will eventually become
Dublin.[2]
839
Thorgest (in Latin Turgesius) is the first Viking to attempt creation of an Irish kingdom. He sails up the
Shannon and the
Bann to Armagh where he forges a realm spanning
Ulster,
Connacht and
Meath.
Viking army defeated near
Cashel by Ólchobar mac Cináeda.
Vikings at
Cork; besieged by Ólchobar mac Cináeda.
The Annales Bertiniani report the arrival of Irish envoys at the court of
Frankish EmperorCharles the Bald. They bring gifts from the "king of the Irish" and announced an Irish victory over Vikings. The
Irish annals record several defeats for Viking armies; which of these is meant is unclear. The identity of the "king of the Irish" is no more certain, but Ólchobar mac Cináeda may be intended rather than Máel Sechnaill.
A small Viking fleet enters the River Liffey in eastern Ireland, probably led by the chieftain Saxolb (Soxulfr) who is killed later this year. The Vikings overwinter on
Lough Neagh in 840[1] and set up a base, which the Irish call
longphorts and which will eventually become
Dublin.[2]
839
Thorgest (in Latin Turgesius) is the first Viking to attempt creation of an Irish kingdom. He sails up the
Shannon and the
Bann to Armagh where he forges a realm spanning
Ulster,
Connacht and
Meath.
Viking army defeated near
Cashel by Ólchobar mac Cináeda.
Vikings at
Cork; besieged by Ólchobar mac Cináeda.
The Annales Bertiniani report the arrival of Irish envoys at the court of
Frankish EmperorCharles the Bald. They bring gifts from the "king of the Irish" and announced an Irish victory over Vikings. The
Irish annals record several defeats for Viking armies; which of these is meant is unclear. The identity of the "king of the Irish" is no more certain, but Ólchobar mac Cináeda may be intended rather than Máel Sechnaill.