Scandinavian-Britain

IQOSCANDINAVIAN BRITAINMadoc to attack Chester again (if this is not the samestory twice told).In 961 the sons of Olaf Cuaran of Dublin (or Olaf'sson and the Lagmen of the Islands) are said to havelanded in Anglesey and burnt Holyhead. In 966another attack is recorded, and in 969 Mactus (Magnus)Haraldsson, of the Isle of Man, entered Angleseyand spoiled Penmon, but was driven out in 970. In979 a Welsh faction hired Danes under Godfrid,son ofHarald, king of Man, to invade Anglesey, and in 986Godfrid came again, took Llywarch ap Owain prisonerwith 2,000 men, and put Meredith ap Owain to flight.In 991 the Danes once more overran the island. In993 Svein Forkbeard landed in North Wales from theIsle of Man. Then we come, as before, to the periodwhen race counted for little, and the Vikings wereused as tools of faction. Conan, son of lago apIdwal, in 1041 taking refuge in Ireland and marryingthe daughter of the king of Dublin, returned to NorthWales and captured prince Gruffydd. In 1056Roderic, son of Harald, " king of Denmark," came toWales, joined Gruffydd and invaded England in ; 1073Gruffydd, son of Conan, got help in Ireland from theking of Ulster and "Ranallt "and other kings toinvade Anglesey, as he did again in 1079. At lastcame Magnus of Norway in 1096 and noo, to whomAnglesey was the southernmost goal in his career ofbelated and fruitless viking. (See Caradoc, 961-1 100.)The story of these repeated incursions leads one toexpect some permanent colonisation in North Wales.The Viking character is expressed, in spite of the