A. Walsh

PREFACE

CONTENTS

CHAPTER I. THE VIKINGS IN IRELAND (795-1014).

CHAPTER II. INTERCOURSE BETWEEN THE GAILL AND THE GAEDHIL DURING THE VIKING PERIOD.

CHAPTER III. THE GROWTH OF THE SEAPORT TOWNS.

CHAPTER IV. THE EXPANSION OF IRISH TRADE.

CHAPTER V. SHIPBUILDING AND SEAFARING.

CHAPTER VI. LINGUISTIC INFLUENCES. ( a ) Loan-words from Old Norse in Irish.

CHAPTER VII. THE VIKINGS AND THE CELTIC CHURCH.

CHAPTER VIII. LITERARY INFLUENCE: THE SAGAS OF ICELAND AND IRELAND. I.

BIBLIOGRAPHY. I.

INDEX.

Transcriber’s Note: The spelling, accents and hyphenation of given names are inconsistent and have been retained as printed.

SCANDINAVIAN RELATIONS
WITH IRELAND DURING
THE VIKING PERIOD

BY

A. WALSH

DUBLIN
THE TALBOT PRESS LIMITED

LONDON
T. FISHER UNWIN LIMITED

1922