The Vikings In Ireland

The Vikings in Ireland

The viking era in Ireland is commonly divided into two periods: an early era beginning in 795 AC, and endig by the mid 9th century, and a second period beginning around 914AC, and ending around the middle of the 10th century. The first period of the Viking Wars consisted of raids on island and coastal monasteries, the initial raids occuring around 795 at the islandmonasteries at Rathlin, Inishmurray and Insbofin on the northern and western coasts. Irish monasteries provided important economic and political focal points to the Vikings for provisions, precious goods,livestock, and captives.
The early Vikings in Ireland were Norwegian and were followed later by competing Danish Vikings. The superior technology of their long boats allowed them to traverse theopen seas and yet navigate the mojor river channels in Ireland, England and the European continent. Their surprise raids were quick and efficient.
The protestant ascendancy refers to the political,economic, and social domination of Ireland by Anglican landowners, Church of Ireland clergy, and professionals during the 17th, 18th and 19th century.
During the Anglo-Irish war, many of the Loyalistlandlords has their country homes burned down by the Irish Replublican Army in retalition for destruction of property by British forces. The burning of stately homes of the oldlanded class was stepped upby a vengeful Anti-Treaty IRA during the subsequent Irish Civil War, who identified them with what they saw as the continuing domination of Britain over Ireland.
Ireland and England were both beingraided by Vikings in the early 840´s. the Vikings were beginning to establish settlements along the Irish coasts at this time and began to spend the winter months there. Vikings started settlements inWaterford, Wexford and most famously, Dublin.
The Anglo-Irish landed elite replaced the Old English and Gaelic Irish Catholic aristocracies in the course of the 17th century as the ruling class in...