The Vikings in Ireland.
Author: LLYWELYN, Morgan.
Dublin: O’Brien Press, 2004 (reprint). 94 pages. Illustrated. Paperback.
“Award-winning author Morgan Llywelyn reconstructs the Viking period in Ireland. She tells of these fierce invaders who later became traders; their influence on Irish life, art, craft and customs; and their founding of towns around the coast, such as Dublin and Waterford. She recounts some events in fictional style, bringing the reader into the heart of the action, and introduces the famous individuals of the era. Fact, story, detail, people - they are all here in this informative and exciting account of the invaders who later became natives.”
CONTENTS
  1. Raiders
  2. The Danger Grows
  3. How the Irish Lived
  4. Dublin
  5. The Storytellers
  6. Gifts of the Vikings
  7. Viking Life in Ireland
  8. The Viking Influence Grows
  9. Changing Times
10. Olaf of the Shoes
11. Brian Boru
12. Clontarf
13. Ireland after Clontarf
ISBN: 0862788161