841 in Ireland
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[edit] Events
- Viking fleet overwinters[1] establishing a settlement (Longphort) in Dublin[2].
- First Longphort built at Linn Duachaill (now Annagassan) on the County Louth coast and at the hurdle ford of the River Liffey.[3]
- Abbot of Armagh driven out by Turgesius, Viking leader.[3]
[edit] References
- ^ The Oxford Illustrated History of Ireland. Foster, RF. Oxford University Press, Oxford. 1989
- ^ Illustrated Dictionary of Irish History. Mac Annaidh, S (ed). Gill and Macmillan, Dublin. 2001
- ^ a b Moody, TW & Martin, FX (eds) (1967). The Course of Irish History. Cork, Ireland: The Mercier Press, p 95.
