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TABLE OF CHAPTERS. 255
BOOK II.
OF THE SCANDINAVIANS OF DUBLIN AND THEIR RELATIONS WITH
NEIGHBOURING KINGDOMS.
CHAPTER I.
DUBLIN AND THE ISLE OF MAN.
Man for the Romans an Irish island. Man yields tribute to
Baedan, King of Ulster, A.D. 580. Thenceforth said to belong
to Ulster. Conflicts between the Norwegians of Ulster and
Danes of North umbria about Man. Claimed by Reginald,
brother of Sitric, King of Dublin, from Barid of Ulster.
Magnus, King of Man, grandson of Sitric, with the Lagmen, sails
round Ireland doing justice. Magnus, one of the eight kings
who rowed King Edgar's barge on the Dee. The ground
probably of the forged charter of King Edgar pretending dominion
in Ireland. In the eleventh century intermarriages make it hard
to say whether the kings of Dublin are to be called Danish or
Irish. De Courcy's claim to Ulster through his wife, daughter
of the King of Man. King Henry Second's jealousy. De
Courcy's fall,
CHAPTER II.
DUBLIN AND NORWAY.
Notices of Dublin frequent in Norwegian and Icelandic history.
Constant intercourse between Dublin and Norway. Ostmen
from Dublin fight for Norwegian liberty at the battle of
Hafursfiord. Led by Cearbhall, King of Dublin, or his son-in-
law, Eyvind Austman. Every King of Norway (almost) visits
Dublin. Biorn, son of Harold, King of Norway, visits Dublin
as a merchant ; also King Hacon. Dublin the port for sale of
Scandinavian prizes, or cargos of merchandize, . . . .94
CHAPTER III.
DUBLIN AND ICELAND.
Iceland visited by Irish previous to its discovery in A.D. 870 by
Lief and Ingolf, Norwegians. Lief bringing captives from
Ireland is saved by their device from perishing of thirst. Many
descendants of Cearbhall, an Irishman, King of Dublin, follow
his son-in-law, Eyvind Ostman, and settle in Iceland. Auda,
widow of King Aulaf founder of Dublin, retires thither. Auda
becomes a Christian like her brother-in-law, an emigrant from
Ireland. Descendants of Aulaf and Auda settlers in Iceland.
Other emigrants from Ireland. America discovered long before
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