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SCANDINAVIAN ANTIQUITIES OF DUBLIN. 45
states that, in 874, Ivar's ally, Cearbhall, was BOOK i.
King of Dublin, 1
where, possibly, he ruled from 872
CHAP ' Iv
until his death in
2
S85, as during that period no
Scandinavian king of Dublin is named in Irish annals
or elsewhere, and his rank as a sovereign is manifest
from the fact, that with the exception of Maelsech-
lainn, King of Ireland, Cearbhall is the only Irish
king named in the Welsh annals throughout the
ninth century. 3
When Halfdene apportioned Northumbria, Ivar's
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sons probably went to r ranee, wmcn previously had
been invaded by their uncle, Biorn Ironsides, and France?
which was then a field of plunder for the Northmen.
There is no trace of them in Ireland or England
between the years 872 and 885, nor do the meagre
details of French chronicles afford much assistance
in tracing them among chiefs of the same name in
France during this period. We infer, however, that
. the brothers, Godfrey and Sitric, 4 who plundered
5
France in 88 1, and who are called "sons of Regnar
Lodbrog," were the sons of Ivar, and grandsons of
Regnar, 6
Regnar not having any son named Godfrey.
1 Landnamabok, p. 4. " Kiarva- Godafrid, and Ivar." Langeb,
lus Dublin! in Hibernia," &c. Lan- vol. ii., p. 17.. Ann. Esromenses
gebek, vol. ii., p. 32, " Dublini in Langebek, vol. i , p. 230.
Irlandia Kiarfalus," &c.
5 Ann. Bartholin. A.D. 881.
2 Ann. 4 Mast, place Cearbhall's
6
Langebek, vol. ii., p. 29.
death 885. Fragmentum vetus Islandicum, and
8 Ann. CambriaB, 887. " Cerball Pet. Olai Excerpt. Normannica et
defunctui est." Chron. P. of Danica. Ibid., p. 11. Sigefray or
Wales, 887 Maelsechlainn died Sitric could not have been Sitric
887. Anguioculus, the son of Regnar
4 This Godfrey was slain 885, Lodbrog, as we have his history in
and Sitric left France. But in A. D. various sagas and chronicles. They
888, the Emperor Arnulf fought were the sons of Ivar, and grand-
against the brothers, " Sigafrid, sons of Regnar.