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Connaught

Irish province, seat of Brian's power, attested in Njal's Saga.

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Connaught is an Irish province that appears in Njal's Saga as the seat of power for Brian and his retinue. The saga records that Brian "had his seat in Connaught, in Ireland; his brother's name was Wolf the Quarrelsome, the greatest champion and warrior; Brian's foster-child's name was Kerthialfad" (Njal's Saga, 153. Kari Goes Abroad). This passage locates Connaught within the Norse saga's geography of Ireland, establishing it as a base from which Irish and Norse political alliances were managed.

Connaught is associated with Ireland, Brian, Biadmynia, Sigurd, Thialfe, and Myrkjartan, connecting the province to the Norse-Irish political networks described in the saga tradition.

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