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Kingdom of Dublin

former country (839-1171)

31 dated entries naming Kingdom of Dublin, drawn from 27 separate years between 874 CE and 1187 CE. Nothing here is written by us: each line is the sentence a Wikipedia year article used, and the link beside it opens the exact revision.

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9th century

  • 874Amlaíb Conung, the first Norse 'king' of Dublin, is killed in Scotland, during a campaign against his rival Constantin I (approximate date).source
  • 875Danish Vikings, probably led by Halfdan Ragnarsson, invade Dublin. During the fighting, Eystein Olafsson, king of Dublin, is killed.source
  • 875Eystein Olafsson, Norse–Gael king of Dublinsource
  • 877Battle of Strangford Lough: King Halfdan I leaves for Ireland, in an attempt to claim the Kingdom of Dublin from his rival Bárid mac Ímair. He is killed in battle at Strangford Lough, and a probable interregnum follows in York.source
  • 881Bárid mac Ímair, king of Dublinsource
  • 888Sichfrith mac Ímair, king of Dublinsource

10th century

  • 902Winter – The Norsemen are expelled from Dublin. After a brief foray into Seisyllwg (Wales), a group, under the Viking lord Ingimundr, settle in the Wirral with the agreement of Lady Æthelflæd of the Mercians.source
  • 904Ímar ua Ímair, Norse king of Dublinsource
  • 917Battle of Confey: The Norse Vikings under Sigtrygg Caech defeat and kill King Augaire mac Ailella of Leinster in battle. Sigtrygg re-captures Dublin and establishes himself as king, while his kinsman Ragnall ua Ímair returns to England to become King of Northumbria.source
  • 919September 14 – Battle of Islandbridge: High King Niall Glúndub is killed while leading an Irish coalition against the Dublin-based Vikings of Uí Ímair, led by King Sitric Cáech.source
  • 934Gofraid ua Ímair, Viking leader and king of Dublinsource
  • 939October 27 – King Æthelstan dies at Gloucester after a 15-year reign. He is buried at Malmesbury Abbey and succeeded by his half-brother, Edmund I ("the Magnificent"). After Æthelstan's death Olaf Guthfrithson (or his cousin, Anlaf Cuaran) a Viking leader who rules Dublin, is proclaimed king of York (south of Northumbria).source
  • 948Blácaire mac Gofraid, Viking king of Dublinsource
  • 989Glúniairn, Norse-Gael king of Dublin (approximate date)source
  • 999December 30 – Battle of Glenmama: The combined forces of Munster and Meath under Brian Boru (High King of Ireland) inflict a crushing defeat on the allied armies of Leinster and Dublin near Lyons Hill (County Kildare).source
  • 1000Ivar of Waterford, Norse Viking king of Dublinsource

11th century

  • 1027King Sigtrygg Silkbeard of Dublin and sub-King Flannacán of Brega make a pilgrimage to Rome.source
  • 1074May 6 – Dúnán (or Donat(us)), 1st bishop of Dublinsource
  • 1075Domnall mac Murchada, king of Leinster and Dublinsource
  • 1089Donnchad mac Domnaill Remair, Irish king of Dublin, killed (approximate date)source
  • 1095Godred Crovan, Norse-Gaelic king of Dublinsource

12th century

  • 1115An assault on Norse-Gaelic Dublin by Diarmait mac Énna meic Murchada and Conchobar Ua Conchobair Failge, joint Kings of Leinster, is thwarted by Domnall Gerrlámhach.source
  • 1118Enna mac Donnchada mac Murchada becomes King of Dublin.source
  • 1118Enna mac Donnchada mac Murchada becomes King of Dublin in Ireland.source
  • 1141Conchobar Ua Briain, a member of the powerful Uí Briain dynasty, gained the kingship of Dublin. He died the following year.source
  • 1146Ragnall mac Torcaill, King of Dublin slain.source
  • 1170September 21 – Anglo-Norman invasion of Ireland: Following a siege, combined Anglo-Norman and Irish forces seize the city of Dublin, forcing Ascall mac Ragnaill, last King of Dublin, into exile.source
  • 117021 September - Following a siege, combined Anglo-Norman and Irish forces seize Dublin, forcing Ascall mac Ragnaill, King of Dublin, into exile.source
  • 1171Ascall mac Ragnaill, last Norse–Gaelic King of Dublin, is captured while trying to retake Dublin from de Clare, perhaps in company with Sweyn Asleifsson, and beheaded; before the end of the year, de Clare relinquishes possession of the city to his own liege lord, Henry.source
  • 1171Ascall mac Ragnaill (or Torcaill), king of Dublinsource
  • 1187November 10 – Guðrøðr Óláfsson, Norse king of Dublinsource

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