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The Kings of Dublin, or Dyflin. Dyflin - pronounced "dyoov-lin" (in either Old Norse or Modern Norwegian ) - is the Old Norse spelling of Dubh Linn ("doov linn"), meaning "Black Pool" in English. The English later took Old Irish "Dubh Linn" and collapsed the spelling, and pronunciation, to " Dublin ." The ancient village of 'Dubh Linn' was known to the Romans in the Latin guise of Eblana . The Viking s invaded the territory in the ninth century, establishing the Norse Kingdom of Dublin. This corresponded to most of present day County Dublin . Norse Rulers of Dublin were often co-kings, and occasionly also Kings Of Jorvik in what is now England . In 988, High King Mael Seachlainn II led the initial Irish conquest of the Norse Kingdom of Dublin, giving the place its modern name in Irish - ''Baile Átha Cliath'', meaning "Town at the Hurdle Ford." Thus, the founding of Dublin is counted from the year 988, notwithstanding a village has existed on the site of Dublin since before the Roman occupation of Great Britain nearly a thousand years earlier. Mael Seachlainn II was dethroned by .
''Dublin abandoned by the Norse from 902 to 917 .
(N.B. "Sitric" is the Irish variant of Norwegian "Sigtrygg" ) |
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