THE VIKING SAGA IN IRELAND SCO

This book explores the impact of the Vikings on the Irish and Pictish territories and adjacent islands through authentic saga material and early Norse, Irish and Scottish sources. Accompanied by insightful commentary, including a timeline and history of the raids and bloody battles, it offers in depth profiles of warriors, chieftains and kings, and recounts the heroic tales, stirring events and enduring traditions of this fascinating period, from the foundation of the most powerful Viking Irish Sea dynasty to the fusion of cultures in a dynamic Norse Gaelic society.

Páll Thormod Morrisson is also the author of The Viking Runes: An Exploration of Early Heathen Beliefs, Prophecy and the Supernatural in the Vínland Sagas and The Celtic Heroic Tradition in Myth & Legend.