Iona

Norse raiders began attacking Irish coasts in 795, plundered Iona twice (802 and 806, killing 68 monks in the latter raid), and established a Norse kingdom at Armagh.

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Norse raiders began attacking Irish coasts in 795, plundered Iona twice (802 and 806, killing 68 monks in the latter raid), and established a Norse kingdom at Armagh. (The Orkneyinga Saga, The Orkneyinga Saga > For > And Caithness.)

Norse raiders began attacking Irish coasts in 795, plundered Iona twice (802 and 806, killing 68 monks in the latter raid), and established a Norse kingdom at Armagh. (The Orkneyinga Saga, The Orkneyinga Saga > For > And Caithness.)

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