place Dublin , Ireland death date 1042 aged 72 death place Dublin place of burial Sigtrygg II Silkbeard ... Dublin Monarchs Good article Use dmy dates date October 2011 Persondata NAME SigtryggSilkbeard ALTERNATIVE ... , Ireland DATE OF DEATH 1042 PLACE OF DEATH Dublin DEFAULTSORT SigtryggSilkbeard Category 1042 deaths ... es SigtryggSilkbeard fr Sigtryggr Silkiskegg is Sigtryggur lafsson silkiskegg it Sigtrygg Barba ... s Saga , as the main Norse leader at the Battle of Clontarf in 1014. Sigtrygg s long reign spanned ... name Hudson83 Life Family Sigtrygg was of Norsemen Norse and Irish ancestry. ref name Winn46 He was a son ... work Brennu Nj ls saga Njal s Saga publisher www.sagadb.org accessdate 2009 03 03 ref Sigtrygg s paternal ... involving the ransom of one of Sigtrygg s sons late in his reign, in which seven score British ... ports for importing horses into 11th century Ireland, and that Sigtrygg and his family may have ... at Dublin c. 1050 Sigtrygg may or may not have succeeded his paternal half brother Gl niairn as King ... about Sigtrygg, his family or Dublin during these alleged first five years of his reign. ref ... after marrying Sigtrygg s sister Gytha. ref name Hudson84 Tryggvason had met Gytha while raiding along ... was a deterrent to Irish raids, and Trygvason might have been weakening Sigtrygg s foes by plundering ... to have coincided with the temporary expulsion of Sigtrygg from Dublin by his rival Ivar of Waterford ... 989 until forced out by Sigtrygg in 993. Much depends on the interpretation. But in any case Sigtrygg was back within a year. In 995, he and his nephew, Muirchertach Ua Congalaich, attacked the church ... Dublin and took the ring of Thor and the sword of Carlus. ref name Hudson86 Sigtrygg then attacked Kells ... and the King of Munster, Brian Boru , forced Sigtrygg to recognise their lordship by giving hostages. ref name Hudson86 These events made Sigtrygg realise that Dublin s wealth made him an attractive ... against powerful Irish princes. ref name Hudson86 Sigtrygg first allied with his maternal ... more details
Sigtrygg is a Norwegian name in Ireland rendered as Sitric . The names may refer to any of the following people Sitric the Dane , founder of Waterford Sigtrygg of Nerike , a Swede who met Saint Olaf Sigtrygg Gnupasson , a 10th century Danish king of the House of Olaf Kings of Dublin Sigtrygg Ivarsson, 888 893 Sigtrygg Ivarsson, 894 896 Sigtrygg Caech Sigtrygg Gael , 917 921 Sigtrygg, 941 943 SigtryggSilkbeard Olafsson, 989 1036 Kings of Breifne Sitric mac Ualgairg , 1256 1257 Sitric may also refer to Sitric Roads, Stoneybatter , County Dublin disambig ... more details
Image Small Sigtrygg stone.jpg right thumb The runestone DR 4 raised after Sigtrygg by his mother. Sigtrygg Gnupasson was a king of Denmark of the Swedish House of Olaf who ruled in the 10th century, according to Adam of Bremen and Sweyn II of Denmark . Sigtrygg was son of Gyrd and Gnupa Gnupa and the Danish noblewoman Asfrid. According to Adam, he became a Danish king during the tenure of Archbishop Hoger of Bremen 909 915 7 . He is remembered on the two Sigtrygg Runestones found near Schleswig, Schleswig Holstein Schleswig , Rundata DR2 and Rundata DR4 , erected by his mother after his death, suggesting this area represented the power base of the family. ref Asfri r kar i kumbl aun aft Siktriku sun sin aui Knubu Asfrith carved this gravestone after Sigtrygg, her son and Gnupa s Ui Asfri r kar i kubl ausi tutir U inkars aft Sitriuk kununt sun sin auk Knubu Holy Asfrith carved this gravestone, Odinkar s daughter, after Sigtrygg, king, her son and Gnupa s . A. V. Storm, Pages of Early Danish History, from the Runic Monuments of Sleswick and Jutland , The Saga Book of the Viking club , vol. 2, pp. 328 347. ref Based on the testimony of king Sweyn, Adam reports that prior to Hoger s death, Harthacnut of Denmark Harthacnut came to Denmark and immediately deposed the young king Sigtrygg. However other sources show a Chnuba usually identified with Gnupa, Sigtrygg s father still ruling in 934, while Heimskringla reports Gnupa s defeat by Gorm the Old , again placing his death later than Adam would have it. Adam himself mentions the existence of other kings at this time and expresses ... Harthacnut I S end Persondata Metadata see Wikipedia Persondata . NAME Gnupasson, Sigtrygg ALTERNATIVE ... Gnupasson, Sigtrygg Category Danish monarchs Category Viking Age monarchs Category 10th century deaths Category 10th century rulers in Europe Denmark bio stub Euro royal stub da Sigtryg es Sigtrygg Gnupasson it Sigtrygg Gnupasson ru fi Sigtrygg Gnupasson ... more details
Orphan date February 2009 Unreferenced date December 2008 Sigtrygg was a powerful man in Nerike who received Saint Olaf . He is said to have been the ancestor of a Swedish noble family named Natt och Dag night and day . euro noble stub Sweden bio stub Category Swedish nobility es Sigtrygg de Nerike ... more details
Image Small Sigtrygg stone.jpg 250px right thumb The runestone DR 4 was raised after Sigtrygg by his mother. The two Sigtrygg Runestones , designated as DR 2 and DR 4 in the Rundata catalog, are two of the Hedeby stones that were found in Schleswig Holstein , Germany , which during the Viking Age was part of Denmark . The runestone s were raised after the Danish king Sigtrygg Gnupasson by his mother sfri r. Together with the account of Adam of Bremen , the two inscriptions constitute evidence for the House of Olaf on the Danish throne. ref Cite book last Skovgaard Petersen first Inge authorlink editor last Helle editor first Knut contribution The Making of the Danish Kingdom title The Cambridge History of Scandinavia Prehistory to 1520 publisher Cambridge University Press year 2003 location pages 174 url http books.google.com books?id PFBtfXG6fXAC&printsec frontcover&source gbs v2 summary r&cad 0 v onepage&q&f false id isbn 0 521 47299 7 ref The stones are dated as being carved after 934 C.E. as the historian Widukind of Corvey recorded that King Gyrd and Gnupa Gnupa , who is mentioned in both inscriptions, was forced to pay a tribute to the German king in that year. ref name Nielsen Cite book last Nielsen first Michael Lerche authorlink editor last D wel editor first Klaus contribution Swedish Influence in Danic Runic Inscriptions title Reallexikon der Germanischen Altertumskunde publisher Walter de Gruyter year 2000 location Berlin pages 127 147 url http books.google.com books?id jauEhMOH kgC&printsec frontcover&source gbs navlinks s v onepage&q &f false id isbn 3 11 016978 9 ref DR 2 DR 2 was found at Haddeby in Schleswig Holstein in 1797. At one time, scholars considered ... A sfri r made the memorial after Sigtrygg B her son together with Gnupa DR 4 DR 4 was discovered ... A sfri r made the memorial, the daughter of Odinkar, after King Sigtrygg, B her son together with Gnupa ... in Germany da Hedeby stenene es Piedras r nicas de Sigtrygg it Pietre runiche di Sigtrygg ... more details
Gormflaith ingen Murchada was born in Naas , County Kildare , Ireland , around 960. She was the daughter of Murchad mac Finn, King of Leinster , sister of his successor, Mael M rdha mac Murchada , and widow of Olaf Cuaran , the Viking king of Dublin and York . The main source of her life history is the Cogadh Gaedhil re Gallaibh . She was also the mother of King Sigtrygg Silkbeard of Dublin. Gormflaith married M el Sechnaill mac Domnaill after Olaf s death, but she is best known for being the third wife of Brian Boru Brian Bor , the High King of Ireland . She was the mother of Donnchad, who succeeded Brian as King of Munster. In 999, Brian defeated Mael Mordha and Sigtrygg Silkbeard at the Battle of Glen Mama . To negotiate peace, Brian married one of his daughters to Sigtrygg and took Gormflaith as wife. According to Nj l s saga , which refers to her as Kormlo she was endowed with great beauty... but was utterly wicked. She was later divorced by Brian, and she began engineering opposition to the High King. She prompted Sigtrygg into gathering support from Vikings outside Ireland, most notably Sigurd the Stout Earl Sigurd of Orkney and Brodir and Ospak of Man Brodir of the Isle of Man . The conflict she caused came to its climax at the Battle of Clontarf , at which Brian was killed. Brian s forces were victorious, however, and neither Gormflaith nor Sigtrygg were killed, as they were safe behind the walls of Dublin. She died in 1030. See also Gormflaith Irish name Irish battles Mongfind Further reading Ancestral Roots of Certain American Colonists Who Came to America Before 1700 by Frederick Lewis Weis Lines 175 1, 239 2 External links http www.vikinganswerlady.com scotland.htm A History of Vikings in Scotland http www.doyle.com.au battleclontarf.htm Events leading up to the Battle of Clontarf http www.worldwideschool.org library books lit epics TheStoryofBurntNjal toc.html Njal s Saga http www.genealogics.org getperson.php?personID I00250085&tree LEO Gormflaith s ... more details
M el Muire died 1021 was List of Irish queens and consorts Queen of Ireland , being actually styled so in the Annals of Clonmacnoise . ref Cite AClon 1014 1021 , p. 170 ref The wife of M el Sechnaill mac Domnaill , High King of Ireland , she was a daughter of Amla b Cuar n , King of Dublin until 980 1 and formerly King of York , making her a member of the Norse Irish U mair dynasty and the first Queen of Ireland of ultimately foreign or non Celtic lineage known to be historical. One of her brothers was the celebrated king of Dublin Sigtrygg Silkbeard Sitric Silkbeard , while a sister Gytha was wife to Olaf Tryggvason , King of Norway. M el Sechnaill s earlier wife, and quite possibly M el Muire s own mother, being first married to Amla b Cuar n, was the thrice married Gormflaith ingen Murchada , who became married to Brian B ruma circa 999, but it is unknown when M el Muire replaced her. Since Brian was not recognized High King until 1002, it is then possible M el Muire was already queen when he deposed M el Sechnaill, becoming queen again when Brian died in the Battle of Clontarf in 1014, succeeding her possible mother Gormflaith twice. In the interval she would have been styled both Kingdom of Mide Queen of Mide and Hill of Tara Queen of Tara . Issue Empty section date February 2011 References Reflist DEFAULTSORT Mael Muire Ingen Amlaib Category Irish royal consorts Category 11th century Irish people Category 11th century people Category Irish women Category Women of medieval Ireland Category Viking Age women Category U mair Category 1021 deaths Category Irish noble women Ireland royal stub ... more details
mac Find, Kings of Leinster King of Leinster . She was also the mother of King SigtryggSilkbeard ... until 997. 989 SigtryggSilkbeard becomes King of Dublin 990s 997 Brian Boru and Mael Seachnaill ... of Glenn Mama . SigtryggSilkbeard, King of Dublin, submits to him. ref name Foster Brian plunders ... in Ireland in 917, one led by Ragnall grandson of mar Ragnall and the other by Sigtrygg Caech Sigtrygg ... were routed, and according to the annals Sigtrygg then entered th Cliath , i.e. Dublin, which we must ... is thought to have been born in 926 or in 941. 927 Death of Sigtrygg Caech or Sihtric , a Norse ... more details
which accompanied the subsequent bids for the High Kingship by the Irish princes, SigtryggSilkbeard was forced to make a new alliance with the men of Kings of Brega Brega . ref Hudson, p 109 ..., p 110 ref The army of Sigtrygg and Donnchad was defeated by the men of Meath under their Kings ... University College Cork work Annals of the Four Masters page 815 accessdate 2009 03 10 ref Sigtrygg ... more details
Image NW Britain 11th cent.jpg thumb Na Renna in the 11th century Kingdom of the Isles. Na Renna , or the Kingdom of the Rhinns , was a Norse Gaelic lordship which appears in the 11th century records. The Rhinns lang gd Na Rannaibh was a province in medieval Scotland, and comprised, along with Farines , the later Wigtownshire county of Wigtown . The Martyrology of engus gives some idea of the kingdom s domain in the 11th century, as D n Reichet Dunragit and Futerna Whithorn are said to lie in the kingdom, implying that it embraced the whole of later Wigtownshire. List of known rulers Three rulers are explicitly stated in the sources to have ruled this kingdom border 1 style border collapse collapse align left width 10 Dates width 15 Name width 15 Styles width 15 Notes valign top d. 1034 Amla b mac Sitriuc br l f Sigtryggsson This was not l f s only kingdom he was said by the Life of Gruffudd ap Cynan to have ruled Dublin, Mann, Galloway, the Rhinns, Angelsey and Gwynedd . Son of Sigtrygg Silkbeard . His daughter Ragnaillt was the mother of Gruffudd ap Cynan . valign top d. 1065 Echmarcach mac Ragnaill rex innarenn Previously king of Dublin and king of Man on his death, he was merely King of the Rhinns . valign top d. 1093 Macc Congail r na Rend Known only by obituary. References Byrne, Francis J., Na Renna , Peritia, vol. 1 1982 , p. 267 Russell, Paul ed. , Vita Griffini Filii Conani The Medieval Latin Life of Gruffudd Ap Cynan , Cardiff, 2005 Stokes, Whitley, F lire engusso C l D The Martyrology of Oengus the Culdee , London, 1905 reprinted, Dublin, 1984 See also Diocese of Galloway Lord of Galloway Category History of Galloway Category Lists of monarchs Rhinns, Kingdom of the Category Medieval Scotland ... more details
unreferenced date June 2010 Bigfinishbox title The Book of Kells series Doctor Who number New EDAs 4.4 featuring Eighth Doctor br List of companions in Doctor Who spin offs Tamsin Drew Tamsin Drew cover writer Barnaby Edwards director Barnaby Edwards producer executive producer Nicholas Briggs production code BFPDWCDMG028 set between Nevermore Doctor Who audio Nevermore and Deimos Doctor Who audio Deimos length date September 2010 The Book of Kells is an List of Doctor Who audio plays by Big Finish audio drama based on the long running United Kingdom British science fiction on television science fiction television series Doctor Who . This audio drama was produced by Big Finish Productions . DWspinoff Plot At the Abbey of Kells in Ireland in the year 1006 , the Doctor finds the famous Book of Kells in the hands of mysterious monks. Cast Doctor Doctor Who The Doctor Paul McGann List of companions in Doctor Who spin offs Tamsin Drew Tamsin Drew Niky Wardley Meddling Monk Abbot Thelonious Graeme Garden Brother Bernard Jim Carter actor Jim Carter Lucie Miller Brother Lucianus Sheridan Smith Ash Hidminster Brother Patrick Ryan Sampson Sigtrygg Silkbeard King Sitric Terrence Hardiman Olaf Eriksson Nick Brimble Continuity The Meddling Monk originally played by Peter Butterworth encountered the First Doctor in the 1960s TV stories The Time Meddler and The Daleks Master Plan . This is his first appearance in a Big Finish audio drama. External links http www.bigfinish.com 404 Doctor Who The Book of Kells The Book of Kells DoctorWho stub Eighthdoctoraudios DEFAULTSORT Book of Kells Category Eighth Doctor audio plays ... more details
quickly thwarted when Brian arranged a series of cross marriages, giving his daughter to SigtryggSilkbeard , leader of the Dublin Vikings, and himself marrying Sigtrygg s mother and M el M rda s sister ... M el M rda again went to Sigtrygg for help after being admonished by Gormlaith for accepting Brian s rule. This time Sigtrygg was ready to fight, and various Irish clans who were envious of Brian ... to take the seat of High King for themselves, while Sigtrygg was busy trying to form alliances with everyone ..., outnumbering the 1,000 or so under Sigtrygg, but considerably worse equipped in comparison. They arrived ... forces had boarded their longships and headed out to sea, deserting Sigtrygg. This was in fact a ruse ... army formed up into five divisions on the field, while Sigtrygg and 1,000 of his men remained in town. Sigtrygg s son commanded the extreme left of the line with 1,000 of the men from Dublin ... kingdoms. ref Ulster, Connacht, Meath, Munster, and Leinster Dublin ref Sigtrygg, who had watched ... more details
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Unreferenced stub auto yes date December 2009 Image Small Sigtrygg stone.jpg right thumb The runestone DR 4 raised after Sigtrygg by his mother. The House of Olaf was a dynasty which ruled Denmark in the late 9th century and early 10th century. Olof the Brash Gyrd and Gnupa Sigtrygg Gnupasson The existence of Gnupa and Sigtrygg is confirmed by the two Sigtrygg Runestones . DEFAULTSORT House Of Olaf Category 9th century establishments Category History of Denmark Category Danish monarchs Denmark hist stub es Casa de Olaf ... more details
acting to enforce payment. It is unclear if Gl niairn was succeeded by SigtryggSilkbeard , his ... have been called Sitriuc, who is recorded as killing Gofraid, son of SigtryggSilkbeard, in Wales ... more details
Cynan ab Iago 1014 1063 was a Wales Welsh Prince, the son of Iago ab Idwal ap Meurig Iago ab Idwal , King of Kingdom of Gwynedd Gwynedd and father of Gruffydd ap Cynan who also became king of Gwynedd. Iago ab Idwal was king of Gwynedd from 1023 to 1039, but in the latter year he was killed by one of his own men and the throne was seized by Gruffydd ap Llywelyn . Cynan was forced to flee to Ireland and took refuge at the Danish settlement of Dublin. He married Ragnaillt daughter of Amla b mac Sitriuc Olaf of Dublin, son of King Sigtrygg Silkbeard and a member of the Hiberno Norse dynasty. Ragnaillt, who appears in the list of the fair women of Ireland in the Book of Leinster , was also a descendant of Brian Boru . Cynan may have died fairly soon after the birth of their son Gruffydd ap Cynan, for the near contemporary biography of Gruffydd details Cynan s ancestry but does not refer to him in its account of Gruffydd s youth describing Gruffydd s mother telling him who his father was and what patrimony he could claim. Gruffydd ap Llywelyn was killed in 1063, by his own men according to Brut y Tywysogion . The Ulster Chronicle however states that it was Cynan ap Iago who killed him. As his son Gruffydd was supposedly born c. 1055, the date of death 1039 is doubtful Gruffydd died 1137 . Cynan s claim to the throne of Gwynedd was passed on to his son. When Gruffydd first appeared on the scene in Wales the Welsh annals several times refer to him as grandson of Iago rather than the more usual son of Cynan , indicating that his father was little known in Wales. References Ancestral Roots of Certain American Colonists Who Came to America Before 1700 by Frederick Lewis Weis, Line 239 4 Persondata Metadata see Wikipedia Persondata . NAME Cynan Ab Iago ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION Prince of Kingdom of Gwynedd DATE OF BIRTH 1014 PLACE OF BIRTH DATE OF DEATH 1063 PLACE OF DEATH DEFAULTSORT Cynan Ab Iago Category Welsh royalty Category 1014 births Category 1063 deaths cy Cy ... more details
Mor N Briain was Queen consort Queen of Connacht , and died 1218. She was a daughter of King Domnall M r Ua Briain of Thomond died 1194 . Domnall s wife was rlaith N Murchadha , Princess of Leinster , daughter of Queen consort Queen Mor Ui Thuathail and King Diarmaid Mac Murchadha of Leinster . M r s siblings included Muirchertach Finn, King of Thomond 1194 1198 and 1202 1203 1208 1210, died 1239. Conchobar Ruadh, King of Thomond 1198 1202 1203, killed 1202 1203. Donnchadh Cairprech, King of Thomond 1208 1210 1242. an unnamed daughter who is said to have married William de Burgh . She was a niece of Aoife of Leinster , a first cousin to both Isabel de Clare, 4th Countess of Pembroke and Richard M r de Burgh . Relatives included Archbishop Lorc n Ua Tuathail , Cormac mac Art O Melaghlain , Brian Ua N ill , Ruadhri Ua Flaithbertaigh , and William Marshal, 2nd Earl of Pembroke . Her ancestors included High King of Ireland Brian Boru died 1014 , King nnae Cennsalach of Leinster fl. 5th century , B Binn inion Urchadh of Maigh Se la fl. early 10th century and Gormflaith ingen Murchada . Other ancestors may have included Sigtrygg Silkbeard , Ingjald Helgasson and Ragnar Lodbrok . M r married Cathal Crobdearg Ua Conchobair , who ruled as King of Connacht in opposition 1189 1202 and solely 1202 24 . The marriage was unusual as she was Cathal s only wife in contrast, most Gaels Gaelic rulers had a number of wives at the same time. She was mother to Aedh mac Cathal Crobdearg Ua Conchobair and Felim Ua Conchobair , both of whom would become Kings of Connacht . The senior line of the family, O Conor Don who survives to this day descend from her. See also M r Irish name External links http www.ucc.ie celt published T100010A index.html References Jaski, Bart, Early Irish kingship and succession , Dublin, 2000. Both King and Vassal Feidlim Ua Conchobair of Connacht, 1230 65 , Freya Verstraten, pp. 13 37, Journal of the Galway Archaeological and Historical Society , Volume ... more details
Death of SigtryggSilkbeard Olafsson, son of King Olaf Cuaran also called Kvaaran and Gormflaith ... built in Dublin ref name Illustrated 1040s 1042 Death of SigtryggSilkbeard, Viking King of Dublin ... more details
having reigned there from 989 after Gl niairn s death, by Gl niairn s brother SigtryggSilkbeard , ref ... before Gl niairn br SigtryggSilkbeard after SigtryggSilkbeard years 989 993 br 994 995 s end Dublin ... later in 994 or 995 Ivar is noted for expelling Sigtrygg from the kingship, ref Annals of Tigernach 995.1 Annals of the Four Masters 994.6 ref but he would only reign for a short time as Silkbeard ... more details
by Brian s Munster forces, and the submission of M el M rda and King SigtryggSilkbeard of Dublin ..., in 1000 Brian plundered the city, burned the Norse fortress and expelled its ruler, King SigtryggSilkbeard . ref name Corrain123 According to the Cogadh Gaedhil re Gallaibh , Sigtrygg s flight from ... Hudson, p 87 ref Since Sigtrygg could find no refuge in Ireland, he eventually returned, submitted ... Brian ended his occupation in February. ref name Hudson86 Hudson, p 86 ref In the meantime, Sigtrygg ... Hudson87 Brian gave his own daughter by his first wife in marriage to Sigtrygg. ref name MacManus278 MacManus, p 278 ref Brian in turn took as his second wife Sigtrygg s mother, the now thrice married ... in Dublin while Sigtrygg s men served in the armies of Brian. ref name Hudson95 Hudson, p 95 ref However, Sigtrygg never forgot the insult of the Ulaid, and in 1002 he had his revenge when his soldiers ... to Downham p 58 , Brian and Mael Sechnaill won a victory over Sigtryggr. However, while Sigtrygg ... more details
. ref name Corrain129 Gormflaith sent her son, the King of Dublin , SigtryggSilkbeard , to win ... opposite King SigtryggSilkbeard. ref name NS156 spak went through the entire battle on this wing, and was sorely wounded and lost both his sons before Sigtrygg fled. ref name NS156 However, that spak engaged Sigtrygg contradicts the historical opinion that Sigtrygg did not actually take ... price. ref name MacManus279 280 MacManus, pp 279&ndash 280 ref Sigtrygg went to Man, where he persuaded Br ir to come to Dublin by Palm Sunday . ref name Corrain129 ref name NS155 Sigtrygg promised ... more details
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Irish coins have been issued by a variety of local and national authorities, the ancient provincial Kings and High Kings of Ireland , the Kingdom of Ireland 1541 1801 , the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland 1801 1922 , the Irish Free State 1922 1937 , and by the present Republic of Ireland . Some modern British coins have Northern Ireland symbols such as flax and the harp but these are circulated throughout the UK. Hiberno Norse Coins Image Sihtric 989 1036 ruler of Dublin.jpg thumb right Coin of King Sihtric of Dulin r. 989 1036 Hiberno Norse coins were first produced in Dublin in about 997 AD under the authority of Sigtrygg Silkbeard King Sitric Silkbeard . The first coins were local copies of the issues of Aethelred II Aethelred II of England of England, and as the Anglo Saxon coinage of the period changed its design every six years, the coinage of Sitric followed this pattern. Following the Battle of Clontarf in 1014 AD the Hiberno Norse coinage ceased following this pattern and reverted to one of its earlier designs the so called long cross type. Coins of this general design with occasional new designs incorporated briefly from other English and European issues were struck in decreasing quality over a period of more than 100 years. By the end of the series the coins had become illegible and debased, and were too thin to serve for practical commerce. All the coins produced were the penny denomination. They were initially produced at the penny standard i.e. one pennyweight or 1 240th of a pound of silver but the later pieces are both debased and lightweight. Baronial coins of Ulster These coins were issued by Baron John de Courcy , Earl of Ulster . Regal hammered coinage The coins which followed the Norman conquest Farthing Irish coin farthing s, halfpennies and pennies were minted to the same standard as those of England. A chief purpose of these coins was to provide a means for the export of silver from Ireland. Later pieces followed the standard of E ... more details
Image Olrig Parish Church.jpg thumb Olrig Parish Church, Castletown Olrig is a parish in Caithness , Scotland and the main settlement in the parish is Castletown, Caithness Castletown . Prior to 19th century agricultural improvements the parish was sub divided into ten townland fermland townland s or fermlands . Boundaries were mostly disregarded and lost during the 19th century but many townland names remain identifiable in farmstead names ending with Mains . Myths and legends Various legends and folk tales are associated with the parish. Here are two. Versions of these tales appear in James T Calder James T Calder s History of Caithness 1887 pages 55 to 61, as republished 1973 by Stansfield publisher Stansfield , Fortrose . The hillock and well of Sysa figure in both. According to Calder, the well dried up as a result of 19th century agricultural improvements. The hillock is still there, on the south side of Olrig Hill gbmapping ND169647 . The words of Dorrad , in the first tale, are requoted from The Raven Banner page 19 by Ian Cassells , Thurso , circa 1995. Please see also the Stone Lud Dorrad s vision at Sysa, 1014 At the time of Battle of Clontarf Clontarf , the 1014 battle near Dublin , Caithness was ruled as a part of the Norway Norwegian earldom of Orkney . At Clontarf Sigurd the Stout Earl Sigurd the Stout of Orkney made a bid to become High King of Ireland , in battle with Brian Boru , the established High King. Both Brian and Sigurd died in the battle. Sigurd s bid had been invited by Sigtrygg Silkbeard , the Viking Norse King of Dublin . Sigtrygg survived and prospered. The battle was fought on Good Friday and, in legend, on the same Good Friday, a Norse poet called Daraddus or Dorrad had a vision, an apparition of the Valkyries , twelve in all, on horseback at Sysa. They seemed to ride into the hillock. Daraddus himself approached the hillock and found an opening in its side. Inside he saw the Valkyries were weaving a cloth, and singing as they sang. ... more details
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