But this did not bring him favor with his neighbor, as this meant she was abandoning a strategic marriage with a Wendish king ...

Dumbarton Rock enters history in the mid 5th century with a letter of complaint from St Patrick to Coroticus, King ... when Olaf returned to Ireland to curb Irish attacks on Viking Dublin.

He may be seen as one of the baddies of Irish history thanks to the Battle of Clontarf, but Silkenbeard built Dublin into a cosmopolitan city ...