Scandinavian Relations with Ireland During the Viking Period: Celtic Classics

by A Walsh and A. Walsh

At the end of the eighth century the first Viking raiders appeared in Irish waters. These raiders came exclusively from Norway. The first recorded raid was in 795 on Rathlin Island off the coast of Antrim where the church was burned. On the west coast the monasteries on Inismurray and Inisbofin were plundered possibly by the same raiders. The Scottish island of Iona was also attacked in the same year. For the first four decades, 795-c.836, the raids...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1533225834
• ISBN13: 9781533225832
• Release Date: May 2016
• Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
• Length: 76 Pages
• Weight: 0.44 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.2" x 8.5" x 11.0"