![]() The reason why Patrick Wallace starts to refer to them as Irish Vikings is because Dublin now starts to build up but does not show much Scandinavian features in its layout. From 870 to 917 Dr.Patrick F.Wallace of University of Galway starts to refer to these Vikings as Irish Vikings to track the evolution of the men of Ivar the boneless and Olaf the white moving between Britain and Ireland. From 841 to 870 we see Ireland's first Viking settlements of longphort which are Viking ship enclosure these are of scandinavian style. It must be noted that any time any of these early raiders wondered deep into Irish kingdoms of the Uí Néill or Eóganacht they were wiped out. These raids attacked the outskirts of the island of Ireland specifically the easy to attack churches. So how can we, as historians and archaeologists, date the evolution of the Hiberno-Scandinavian in Ireland? Well from 793 to 820 we can see the basic Viking raids in to Ireland. Pat Wallace points out that the finds of the female population of Dublin was almost entirely Irish, meaning that most Scandinavian immigrants were men that married into the local population, having children that learned Irish from their mother and played with local Irish children, but had taken on their father's language from both their father and the wider Viking world. With the major difference from other Irish women being Viking tortoise brooches which hung on both sides of the dress, making them stand out from their Irish neighbours. For example Hiberno-Scandinavian women in Dublin dress Irish with little Scandinavian influence. One of the greatest points of interest which differs the Ostmen from any other Scandinavian group is their women. The Vikings joined the fighting within Ireland rather than taking everyone on all at once as seen in England with a full on invastion. Which saw Scandinavians assimilate in to Ireland much easier. Limerick Vikings Joined Cashel to fight the Dál gCais. ![]() Cork Viking joined St.Finbars church to fight Cashel. Dublin Vikings joined northern Uí Neill to fight Mide. For example the Waterford Vikings joined Déise to fight Osraige. However, to say that there was a Viking invasion in Ireland is very misleading. There was a viking invasion in England in 865. It being the Viking age at any given time new settlers came from all over the Viking world to settle in Ireland, making these new Irish Viking settlements very multi-Culture. Not all Scandinavian settlers came from Norway. Dublin being the capital of what would be a new race of Norse and Irish speakers. With their roots mostly coming down from Norway to the Orkney islands and on to Dublin. Known by many names, these Irish-Vikings have a very interesting story. Ostmen, Gall-Ghàidheil, 'foreigner-Gaels', Norse–Gaels, Hiberno Norse, hiberno-scandinavian.
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