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Blácaire mac Gofraid

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Blácaire mac Gofraid (Blákári Guðrøðsson; died 948) was a Viking leader who ruled Dublin in the 10th century. [1]

44 relations: Amlaíb Cuarán, Annals of Clonmacnoise, Annals of the Four Masters, Annals of Ulster, Ardee, Armagh, Ímar, Bárid mac Ímair, Branches of the Cenél Conaill, Chronicon Scotorum, Clonmacnoise, Congalach Cnogba, Corpus of Electronic Texts, Dunedin Academic Press, Edmund I, Eric Bloodaxe, Fragmentary Annals of Ireland, Gofraid mac Sitriuc, Gofraid ua Ímair, Internet Archive, Irish annals, Irish people, Ivar the Boneless, Kingdom of Dublin, Kingdom of Meath, Kings of Brega, Leinster, Lorcán mac Fáelán, Muirchertach mac Néill, Northern Uí Néill, Olaf Guthfrithson, Old Irish, Ragnall mac Gofraid, Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland, Ruaidrí ua Canannáin, Saga, Scandinavian York, Sichfrith mac Ímair, Sitriuc mac Ímair, Uí Ímair, Uí Néill, University College Cork, Vikings, 10th century.

Amlaíb Cuarán

Amlaíb mac Sitric (c. 927980; Old Norse: Óláfr Sigtryggsson), commonly called Amlaíb Cuarán, in Old Norse: Óláfr kváran, was a 10th-century Norse-Gael who was King of Northumbria and Dublin.

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Annals of Clonmacnoise

The Annals of Clonmacnoise are an early 17th-century Early Modern English translation of a lost Irish chronicle, which covered events in Ireland from pre-history to AD 1408.

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Annals of the Four Masters

The Annals of the Kingdom of Ireland (Annála Ríoghachta Éireann) or the Annals of the Four Masters (Annála na gCeithre Máistrí) are chronicles of medieval Irish history.

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Annals of Ulster

The Annals of Ulster (Annála Uladh) are annals of medieval Ireland.

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Ardee

Ardee is a town and townland in County Louth, Ireland.

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Armagh

Armagh is the county town of County Armagh and a city in Northern Ireland, as well as a civil parish.

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Ímar

Ímar (Ívarr; died c. 873) was a Viking leader in Ireland and Scotland in the mid-late ninth century who founded the Uí Ímair dynasty, and whose descendants would go on to dominate the Irish Sea region for several centuries.

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Bárid mac Ímair

Bárid mac Ímair (also referred to as Barith, Baraid, and Bard; Bárðr or Bárǫðr; d. 881) was a ninth-century King of Dublin.

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Branches of the Cenél Conaill

The Cenél Conaill, or "kindred of Conall", are a branch of the Northern Uí Néill, who claim descent from Conall Gulban, son of Niall of the Nine Hostages, and allegedly the first Irish nobleman to convert to Christianity.

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Chronicon Scotorum

Chronicon Scotorum, also known as Chronicum Scotorum, is a medieval Irish chronicle.

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Clonmacnoise

The monastery of Clonmacnoise (Cluain Mhic Nóis in Irish, meaning "Meadow of the Sons of Nós", or perhaps, albeit less likely, Cluain Muccu Nóis "Meadow of the Pigs of Nós") is situated in County Offaly, Ireland on the River Shannon south of Athlone.

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Congalach Cnogba

Conghalach Cnoghbha (older spelling: Congalach Cnogba or Congalach mac Máel Mithig) was High King of Ireland, according to the lists in the Annals of the Four Masters, from around 944 to 956.

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Corpus of Electronic Texts

The Corpus of Electronic Texts, or CELT, is an online database of contemporary and historical documents relating to Irish history and culture.

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Dunedin Academic Press

Dunedin Academic Press Ltd (Dunedin) is a small independent academic publisher in Edinburgh, Scotland which publishes mainly books for the tertiary (undergraduate) level and periodically for postgraduate/research audiences.

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Edmund I

Edmund I (Ēadmund, pronounced; 921 – 26 May 946) was King of the English from 939 until his death.

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Eric Bloodaxe

Eric Haraldsson (Old Norse: Eiríkr Haraldsson, Eirik Haraldsson; c. 885 – 954), nicknamed Eric Bloodaxe (Old Norse: Eiríkr blóðøx, Eirik Blodøks), was a 10th-century Norwegian ruler.

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Fragmentary Annals of Ireland

The Fragmentary Annals of Ireland or Three Fragments are a Middle Irish combination of chronicles from various Irish annals and narrative history.

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Gofraid mac Sitriuc

Gofraid mac Sitriuc (died 951), in Old Norse Guðrøðr Sigtryggsson, was King of Dublin.

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Gofraid ua Ímair

Gofraid ua Ímair or Guthfrith (Guðrøðr, died 934) was a Viking leader who ruled Dublin and briefly Viking Northumbria in the early 10th century.

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Internet Archive

The Internet Archive is a San Francisco–based nonprofit digital library with the stated mission of "universal access to all knowledge." It provides free public access to collections of digitized materials, including websites, software applications/games, music, movies/videos, moving images, and nearly three million public-domain books.

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Irish annals

A number of Irish annals, of which the earliest was the Chronicle of Ireland, were compiled up to and shortly after the end of the 17th century.

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Irish people

The Irish people (Muintir na hÉireann or Na hÉireannaigh) are a nation and ethnic group native to the island of Ireland, who share a common Irish ancestry, identity and culture.

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Ivar the Boneless

Ivar the Boneless (Ívarr hinn Beinlausi; Hyngwar) (also known as Ivar Ragnarsson) was a Viking leader and a commander who invaded what is now England.

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Kingdom of Dublin

Vikings invaded the territory around Dublin in the 9th century, establishing the Norse Kingdom of Dublin, the earliest and longest-lasting Norse kingdom in Ireland.

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Kingdom of Meath

Meath (Old Irish: Mide; spelt Mí in Modern Irish) was a kingdom in Ireland for over 1000 years.

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Kings of Brega

The Kings of Brega were rulers of Brega, a petty kingdom north of Dublin in medieval Ireland.

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Leinster

Leinster (— Laighin / Cúige Laighean — /) is one of the Provinces of Ireland situated in the east of Ireland.

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Lorcán mac Fáelán

Lorcán mac Faelán was the seventh of ten Kings of Leinster to be inaugurated and based on Lyons Hill, Ardclough, County Kildare, a member of the Uí Dúnchada, one of three septs of the Uí Dúnlainge dynasty which rotated the kingship of Leinster between 750-1050, significant in County Kildare History.

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Muirchertach mac Néill

Muirchertach mac Néill (died 26 February 943), called Muirchertach of the Leather Cloaks (Muirchertach na Cochall Craicinn), was a King of Ailech.

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Northern Uí Néill

The Northern Uí Néill is the name given to several dynasties in north-western medieval Ireland that claimed descent from a common ancestor, Niall of the Nine Hostages.

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Olaf Guthfrithson

Olaf Guthfrithson (Óláfr Guðrøðsson; Ánláf; Amlaíb mac Gofraid; died 941) was a Viking leader who ruled Dublin and Viking Northumbria in the 10th century.

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Old Irish

Old Irish (Goídelc; Sean-Ghaeilge; Seann Ghàidhlig; Shenn Yernish; sometimes called Old Gaelic) is the name given to the oldest form of the Goidelic languages for which extensive written texts are extant.

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Ragnall mac Gofraid

Ragnall mac Gofraid (died 1004/1005) was King of the Isles and likely a member of the Uí Ímair kindred.

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Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland

The Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland is a learned society based in Ireland, whose aims are "to preserve, examine and illustrate all ancient monuments and memorials of the arts, manners and customs of the past, as connected with the antiquities, language, literature and history of Ireland".

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Ruaidrí ua Canannáin

Ruaidrí ua Canannáin (died 30 November 950) was king of the Cenél Conaill, and according to some sources, High King of Ireland.

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Saga

Sagas are stories mostly about ancient Nordic and Germanic history, early Viking voyages, the battles that took place during the voyages, and migration to Iceland and of feuds between Icelandic families.

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Scandinavian York

Scandinavian York (also referred to as Jórvík) or Danish/Norwegian York is a term used by historians for the south of Northumbria (modern day Yorkshire) during the period of the late 9th century and first half of the 10th century, when it was dominated by Norse warrior-kings; in particular, used to refer to the city (York) controlled by these kings.

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Sichfrith mac Ímair

Sichfrith mac Ímair (Sigfrøðr Ívarrsson; died 888) was a ninth-century King of Dublin.

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Sitriuc mac Ímair

Sitriuc mac Ímair (Sigtryggr Ívarrsson; d. 896) was a ninth-century King of Dublin.

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Uí Ímair

The Uí (h)Ímair, or Dynasty of Ivar, was a royal Norse dynasty which ruled much of the Irish Sea region, the Kingdom of Dublin, the western coast of Scotland, including the Hebrides and some part of Northern England, from the mid 9th century.

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Uí Néill

The Uí Néill (Irish pronunciation:, descendants of Niall) are Irish and Scottish dynasties who claim descent from Niall Noigiallach (Niall of the Nine Hostages), a historical King of Tara who died about 405.

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University College Cork

University College Cork – National University of Ireland, Cork (UCC) (Irish: Coláiste na hOllscoile Corcaigh) is a constituent university of the National University of Ireland, and located in Cork.

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Vikings

Vikings (Old English: wicing—"pirate", Danish and vikinger; Swedish and vikingar; víkingar, from Old Norse) were Norse seafarers, mainly speaking the Old Norse language, who raided and traded from their Northern European homelands across wide areas of northern, central, eastern and western Europe, during the late 8th to late 11th centuries.

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10th century

The 10th century is the period from 901 to 1000 in accordance with the Julian calendar, and the last century of the 1st millennium.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blácaire_mac_Gofraid

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