Ireland and Scandinavia in the early Viking age
By: edited by Howard Clarke, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, and Raghnall Ó Floinn.
Contributors: Clarke, Howard B.; Ní Mhaonaigh, Máire.; Ó Floinn, Raghnall.
Publisher: Four Courts Press
Published: 1998
Place of publication: Blackrock; Portland, OR
Language: eng
Number of pages: 468
Subjects: Vikings -- Ireland -- Congresses.; Vikings -- Congresses.; Ireland -- History -- To 1172 -- Congresses.; Ireland -- Relations -- Scandinavia -- Congresses.; Scandinavia -- Relations -- Ireland -- Congresses.; Scandinavia -- Antiquities -- Congresses.; Ireland -- Antiquities -- Congresses.
Genres: Congresses.
Description: "Loscad Rechrainne o geinntib, 'the burning of Rechru [Rathlin Island, Co. Antrim] by heathens': thus is the first Viking raid on Ireland recorded in the Annals of Ulster under the year 795. The 1200th anniversary of this event was marked by an international conference in Dublin, the proceedings of which are published in this volume. It contains papers devoted to archaeology, history and literature and covers the full span of Irish-Scandinavian relations during the early Viking Age up to c. 1000 in the light of the most recent research. The published proceedings also contain overviews of the subject from both Irish and Scandinavian perspectives."--Jacket.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Papers originally presented at the conference "Ireland and Scandinavia in the Early Viking Age" held in Dublin, Oct. 19-20, 1995.