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John Anthony Brennan's Blog – September 2016 Archive (2)
Enter the Vikings: The Assault of Lambay Island
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Toward the end of the 8th Century A.D., Ireland was almost completely Gaelic and Christian. It was a rural society, with no towns or cities, and the only large settlements were hamlets that grew up around monasteries. The…
ContinueAdded by John Anthony Brennan on September 19, 2016 at 1:30pm — 14 Comments
The Destruction of the Kingdom of Brega
Ask most people who they believe were the first group of foreigners to launch highly organized, violent raids in Ireland, and more often than not, they will say it was the Vikings, who raided Lambay Island in 795 A.D. What many people are not aware of is the fact that a century before the emergence of the Vikings, an…
ContinueAdded by John Anthony Brennan on September 14, 2016 at 7:30pm — 6 Comments
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