Viking Invasions of Ireland, starting in 795

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Rongagin71
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2:59p, 12/31/23
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A young person first time looking at a world map might well guess that an almost isolated island like Ireland would have a mostly peaceful history.
Then real history starts to be learned and the aggressiveness of humans begins to become plain.

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2:15p, 1/1/24
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No amount of water kept you safe from the Northmen …
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In reply to Rabid Cougar • 3:48p, 1/1/24
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Did you get the part where monks prayed for rough weather?
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9:22p, 1/1/24
Slightly related, but I've been paying a lot more attention to British history lately and I'm still pretty shocked by the amount of times that island was invaded and conquered by outsiders.
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In reply to p_bubel • 12:18p, 1/2/24
p_bubel said:
Slightly related, but I've been paying a lot more attention to British history lately and I'm still pretty shocked by the amount of times that island was invaded and conquered by outsiders.
But not, notably, any 20th century Germans.

(Well, except for the Channel Islands, Jersey and Guernsey.)
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