Olaf Guthfrithson: King of Dublin (934-941) // Irish Vikings

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You've opened that chasm of conquest called Northumbria in multiple videos now. If anyone could say 'mummy and daddy are fighting historically again', it would be me lol. I'd like to see conquest timelines of Viking Age to Present overviews of each kingdom if possible - similar to the Scandinavian video.

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Words cannot explain how grateful I am for this video and others like it. Actually made me tear up with pride for the Irish heritage.

[@weejockpoopongmacplop6726]

MegaBeartrap god I hate yanks

[@FiveLiver]

The Vikings weren't Irish.

[@MegaBeartrap]

@@FiveLiver Correct. However I'm saying my Irish heritage, which every country seems to hate on before learning their Norse-Gaelic ancestry. I fight a world war every time I'm exposed to a single Irish subject.

[@MegaBeartrap]

@@weejockpoopongmacplop6726 I don't hate him or yanks, I can't, I'm part Irish and hence stained with tolerance for the terrible haha. I hate lack of understanding. Takes courage to understand which he certainly has the heritage for he just doesn't use. Retaining cultural pride rebuilds societies not faint capitalism. Hence why I'm modern pagan.

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Hi, great video. The Irish Vikings were an important and sometimes (in my view) overlooked part of Irish history. I remember a while ago you saying that you would publish a bibliography of your books. I know that you have a reading list which I have used. I'm looking for some new books so the bibliography would prove invaluable. Thanks.

[@Tommy-dz3do]

As someone from Dublin Ireland this video is definitely gonna be a interesting view. It’s mad that I know more history about England then my own country but I hope to change that soon and I guess this is a start lol. But really cheers for the content I know these videos you make takes insane amounts of time and research, I and many others genuine appreciate your content, keep it up!

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Chop chop then lol..You wont regret doing even a little researching on our history. Once you start you will find you cant get enough...

[@HistoryTime]

Thankyou for watching! There is so much more Irish history to tell !!

[@Bkh0498]

Washer Dryer what a load of dribble

[@madsdahlc]

Hallo from Denmark . Great video. Yes the vikings founded the first the towns in Ireland . Something thats not normal assosiated with vikings . But in Ireland , they were founders of towns . And they were Waterford, Cork, Limerick, and Dublin (the modern irish Capital ) . But they were Independent citystates lead by a king.During time of the battle of brunanburg . Thats was Golden age of the viking town in Ireland ... But everything ends . By the time of Brian Boru ... Many of towns had fell under overlordship of different irish Kings . So in beginging the Scandinavian town Kings were vasals of the Irish Kings . But eventully the Irish Kings themself took up ressidence in the towns . And the last traces of independence was gone . So one of viking herritage in Ireland was development of urban centers . But here in Denmark. The viking age also developed the first towns. And thats was the towns of Ribe and Hedeby . Ribe is oldest. But they were under strict Royal control. We dont tradition of Independent towns here . They were lead a Royal apionted earls in the viking age . And their responcebility was ensure law and order and collection of Royal taxes. Also the Churches were built in Hedeby and Ribe. The german monk Ansgar came to Denmark around 849 . And he was allowed by the danish King Horik to preach Christianity in the two towns.(there been attempts before to convert the danes before . But they failed) . But Ansgar had sone some succes . Because one biggest Christian viking age cemetaries has been found in Ribe . He later continued in Sweden in the town of birka . So Ansgar is seen as founder of danish and also the swedish Church . And because of that . He is called the northen Apostle . He later returned back to Germany ... Where he became the bishop of the town of Bremen. Where he died in 865.

[@seanmccann8368]

Excellent explanation of viking age Ireland, thank you.

[@madsdahlc]

Sean Mccann You are welcome sir . But I did forget one thing . The viking towns in Ireland started as fortified camps bases . From where the vikings (the viking active in Ireland were mostly from Norway . There were properbly also danes and swedes among them . But majority were from norway . And majority of vikings active in England were danes ) coud lunch raids and attack the Irish . Slowly these bases evolved more permanent settlements. And then the vikings in those settlements have vives and children brought in Scandinavia . And the first Irish towns were born .. As the relationship with the native Irish wasnt always hostile . As many vikings also converted Christianity and married into Irish families . So Irish-Scandinavian mixed culture appeared in viking towns . These towns were also wealthy trading centers . As they became places were Irish merchants coud sell their goods and get them exported out of Ireland . And viking merchants brought goods from europe into into Ireland ... So in late viking age . The towns became places that native Irish Kings wanted to be Master of . Because if you controlled Trade routes (the towns) . It coud bring in great wealth and power (for example taxing the merchants ).... As I wrote in my comment . The kings of viking Towns ended up as vasal States of native Irish kingdoms. But in the end many native Irish Kings took up residendence in the towns and kicked the viking Kings out ...Because As I mentioned earlier , being in direct control brought great wealth and power ...

[@seanmccann8368]

@@madsdahlc Very true, the Irish word Longphoirt (anglicised to Longford meaning ship-fort) refers to the original viking fortified settlements. One of Ireland's midland counties is called Longford to this day and may refer to a longphoirt on the River Shannon.

[@vestty5802]

madsdahlc uí imair a famous Norse Gaelic Irish dynasty

[@PanglossDr]

Actually, that is incorrect. The towns all existed already. What the Vikings did was develop them into major rather than minor trading centres.

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Amazing video 🍀I love Ireland and so sad what happened to them during the colonialisation. But really awesome history. I did not know about the king 🍀🍀🍀

[@FiveLiver]

The Vikings created the first towns in Ireland. It's actually a wonder Ireland didn't become permanently Norse. Something to thank The English for eh?

[@FiveLiver]

@Lug Lamhfhada - Because ultimately the main opposition to the Viking invasion of the British Isles came out of England. I appreciate how you have taken the trouble to learn my language, so you can communicate with me.

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[@katyyoung3947]

Im just wondering why the Wirral has been missed out of your video with the expelled vikings from Dublin. As wirral has a massive hiberno norse heritage and was a key site at the time, and the peninsula was gifted to the vikings by the lady of Mercia. Other wise it was a great video. Just feels like you missed out on some key information

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Æthelstan... Not to be confused with the king of east Anglia and a Viking raider, formerly called Guthrum while being a raider, but renamed Æthelstan after failing three times trying to take over England... my god Alfred what have you done

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Ænglaland ? Was that its name back in those days ?

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Excellent stuff. Cheers!

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@@HistoryTime no thank you and keep educating me, as an adult i see how much i failed to learn in school and how much they failed to teach.

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Any history of the aaron islands? I know there are ruins on there,

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Didnathelstan have more troops than the three Kings combined or was he simply a better commander like Alex g?

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Thanks for the feedback. Still getting my head around audio. Hopefully will have mastered it after the next few videos !

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Athelsten is a dope name

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He is on the way for sure. It'll be an epic 40 minute episode filled with battles and great moments !

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There is going to be a series made about Brian Boru based on The Lion of Ireland.

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@@jackieblue1267 I’m from Boston and when I was in the school library I found a magazine about Brian Boru. I was fascinated with the article. Before then I never considered Irish history. After that I was hooked on Irish Viking history. Then I found book, Lion of Ireland. It would be as good or better a film as Braveheart. Even more so now with all the recent interest in the Vikings with The Last Kingdom and Ragnar.

[@kennethbautista3456]

My grandfather was is a howell the family is decdeent of Conn Cétchathach can anyone help me find information of this Welsh king in Ireland

[@sizanogreen9900]

Around 11:00 "...also named Olaf..." I wonder if there was also some King called "Gunther":P

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[@finneire2081]

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[@rumppan]

got here due to my family tree. Olaf "halfling/the dwarf" Gudrödsson, ruled the isle of man - in the viking sagas.

[@ninjapunch0121]

What about Viking history in Scotland and Wales?

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See my videos ‘Constantine II: King of Alba’ & ‘Anarawd Ap Rhodri: King of Gwynedd’

[@micahistory]

I had no idea that the Irish Vikings fought each other

[@middler5]

The Irish have a history of assimilating foreigners. So no surprise we liked to fight each other regardless of heritage ties.

[@bethbartlett5692]

"Olaf Guthfrithsom" (not one of my favorite Irish names) lol I'm a Murphy and Sullivan ☘️

[@vestty5802]

Uí imair was Norse gael dynasty not just Norse

[@FiveLiver]

Such confusing times.

[@HistoryTime]

Confusing but fascinating !

[@FiveLiver]

@@HistoryTime - Totally. The constant invasions and counter invasions. Kings emerge and disappear. Who needs Game of Thrones?

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[@TheAndriThor]

Im having a hard time beliving that a norse man in this time would be named Sihtric. Surely this is distortion of his real name though tales and time. My guess is that his name was Sigtryggur and people would then tell stories about Sigtrygg, in old norse and modern icelandic (Similar to old norse) words and names decline in four cases (nominative, accusative, dative and genitive) and vary in gender (masculine, feminine or neuter) and number (singular and plural) with his name then being distorted into Sihtric as time went by, just my thought, and probably someone will now say yeah but there are written documentation with his name written like that, I will only buy that if those are written within 100 years of his death and that is not very likely the case (dont know much about his story or documentasion og his story).

[@behindstoney6520]

Interested to know if you watched the last kingdom? Both names appear there

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I got full history, Irish Prince, 1100's.Birth of John D'C-Ireland.

[@deanbuss1678]

Kinda fun to think what the British isles would be like had the Scandinavians maintained control. I expect we'd see the effects still today.🤔

[@HistoryTime]

Absolutely. Perhaps Yorkshire could be an independent country- 'Daneland'

[@eamonlyons8318]

Never had full control. Merely like the rest, warring and struggling to remain relevant.

[@joecrail7596]

Is it true that the Celts inhabited the land (Greenland) long before the Anglo-Saxons did that in fact a lot of the Anglo-Saxons wanted to hold a grudge against the Vikings for what they did when in fact they did the exact same thing to the Celts is there any truth to that I heard a story about this

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Maybe aliens will make an appearance one day :D

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Eirik Blodøks 👍

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Soon ! One of my favourite mad lads from history.

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Very interesting. Although I still think your videos should be shorter

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Thanks for watching!

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I always found it funny that the germans and Danes dared call themselves kings of briton...neither had claim to it

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Advertising in the beginning is VERY offputting.

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Shut up

[@stomnish]

Olaf Gudfridson. God-Peace-Son

[@manfredconnor3194]

You need to invest in a better microphone mate.

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Your me bought him one

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@@behindstoney6520 I can't buy him one. I just lost my job and don't even have money for socks at this point. Lucky, I still have enough socks.

[@middler5]

Thanks for the vid! We Irish ultimately wiped out the vikings the same way we always had done.... by making them Irish too!

[@Buildbeautiful]

Not true even atfer the battle of clontarf the walls of Dublin were not breeched the Dublin norse remained until the anglo norman invasion 1171

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​@@Buildbeautifulunder the thumb of Irish kings who allowed them to stay.

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Grandma told me we he's our ancestor

[@freddyb.b8120]

Olaf Guthfrithson king of Dublin ? "Guthfrith" is the Saxon way of spelling "Gudfred". Gudfred king of the Danes was probably his father or at least related. That name was not and is not a common name here in Scandinavia it's a name meaning "god peace" and must've come about after Christianity was introduced in Scandinavia.

[@eamonnclabby7067]

Good stuff,best wishes from the wirral...E

[@jameshall2889]

Trumps ancestor

[@hansi3335]

Just found out that i'm a decendant of Olaf....

[@thegreatconvergence8422]

I'm here as a descendant of Olaf's daughter