Kings of Dublin
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The Vikings invaded the territory around Dublin (Dubh Linn; "Black Pool") in the ninth century, establishing the Norse Kingdom of Dublin. This corresponded to most of present-day County Dublin. Norse Rulers of Dublin were often co-kings, and occasionally also Kings of Jorvik in what is now England. The region was known to the Vikings as Dyflin, pronounced "dyoov-lin" (in either Old Norse or Modern Norwegian). The English later took Old Irish "Dubh Linn" and collapsed it to the modern "Dublin"[citation needed]. Manx still uses "Divlyn".
In 988, High King Mael Seachlainn II led the initial Irish conquest of the Norse Kingdom of Dublin, giving the place its modern name in Irish—Baile Átha Cliath, meaning "Town at the Hurdle Ford." Thus, the founding of Dublin is counted from the year 988, notwithstanding a village has existed on the site of Dublin since before the Roman occupation of Great Britain nearly a thousand years earlier.
Mael Seachlainn II was dethroned by Brian Boru, 1002-1014, and the Norse kept fighting back—so the Irish conquest of Dublin was never complete. Irish dominance of Dublin did take hold in the middle of the eleventh century, under the kings of Leinster; but the city still had a Norse king until the Norman invasion of 1171, and native Ireland itself was in the throes of the regnal wars over the high kingship since the death of Mael Seachlainn II in 1022. Though the last Norse king of Dublin was killed by the Normans in 1171, the population of the city retained their distinctiveness based on their origins for some further generations.
[edit] Norse Kings
| Ruler | Reign | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Thorgest | 839 - 845 | drowned in Lough Owel |
| Amlaíb Conung | 853–873 | brother of Ímar and Auisle |
| Ímar | 856–873 | |
| Auisle | 853–867 | |
| Eystein Olafsson | 873–875 | |
| Halfdan | 873/875–877 | |
| Bard | 875/877–881 | |
| Mac Auisle | 881–883 | |
| Eoloir Jarnknesson | ?–? | |
| Sichfrith Ivarsson | 883?–888 | |
| Sigtrygg (Sitric) Ivarsson | 888–893 | |
| Sichfrith Jarl | 893–894 | |
| Sigtrygg (Sitric) Ivarsson | 894–896 | |
| Ivar | 893–902 | |
| Dublin abandoned by the Norse from 902 to 917. | ||
| Sihtric ua Ímair | 917–921 | defeated Niall Glundub; also king of Jórvík |
| Gofraid ua Ímair | 921–934 | grandson of Ímar |
| Olaf III Guthfrithson | 934–940 | son of Gofraid ua Ímair |
| Blácaire mac Gofrith | 940 - 945 | |
| Sigtrygg (Sitric) | 941–943 | |
| Amlaíb Cuarán | 945 - 947 | |
| Blácaire mac Gofrith | 947 - 948 | restored |
| Gofraid mac Sitriuc | 948 - 951 | |
| Amlaíb Cuarán | 952–980 | restored |
| Glúniairn | 980–989 | |
| Sigtrygg (Sitric) Silkbeard Olafsson | 989–1036 | |
| Echmarcach mac Ragnaill | 1036–1038 | |
| Ivar Haraldsson | 1038–1046 | |
| Echmarcach mac Ragnaill | 1046–1052 | |
| Murchad mac Diarmata mac Mael na mBo | 1052–1070 | |
| Diarmait mac Mail na mBo | 1070–1072 | |
| Domnall mac Murchada mac Diarmata | 1070–1072 | |
| Gofraid mac Amlaib mac Ragnaill | 1070–1072 | |
| Toirdelbach Ua Briain | 1072–1074? | |
| Muirchertach Ua Briain | 1074–1086 | |
| Enna mac Diarmata mac Mael na mBo | 1086–1089 | |
| Donnchad mac Domnail Remair mac Mael na mBo | 1086–1089 | |
| Godred Crovan | after1091–1094 | |
| Domnall mac Muirchertaig ua Briain | c.1094–1118 | |
| Donnchad mac Murchada mac Diarmata | ????–1115 | |
| Diarmat mac Enna | 1115–1117 | |
| Enna mac Donnchada mac Murchada | 1118–1126 | |
| Conchobair mac Tiorrdelbach Ua Conchobair | 1126–1127 | |
| Thorkell | fl.1133 | |
| Conchobair Ua Briain | 1141–1142 | |
| Ottar | 1142–1148 | |
| Ragnall Thorgillsson | 11??–1146 | |
| Brotar Thorgillsson | 1146–1160 | |
| Hasculf Thorgillsson | 1160–1171 | |
(N.B. "Sitric" is the Irish variant of Norwegian "Sigtrygg")
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