The people of the Uí Ímair

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The people of the Uí Ímair

"Uí Ímair" is Old Irish, meaning grandchildren, or descendants of Ivar.

The dynasty of Ivar ruled much of the Irish Sea region, the Kingdom of Dublin, the western coast of Scotland including the Hebrides, and parts of Northern England including Northumbria from the mid 9th century.

A 9th century Viking from Scandinavia named Ímar, (or Ívarr or Ivar) was the founder of this Uí Ímair dynasty. The identity of the original Ivar remains disputed. His death was recorded in Latin by 12th century Irish monks; in the year 873 "Imhar, rex Nordmannorum totius Hibernie & Brittanie, uitam finiuit" (Ivar, king of all the Norse of Ireland and Britain, ended his life) ^[1]

Note : A important paper, The Vikings in Scotland and Ireland in the Ninth Century by Donnchadh ó Corráin of University College, Cork, discusses the need to detach the Viking dynasty of Scotland and Ireland from Norway itself where historians have indulged in attempts to attach the Viking kings of the ninth-century Irish annals to the genealogy of the kings of Vestfold in Norway.

1. ↑ Celt : The Annals of Ulster: U873.3 corpus of electronic texts edition (Annals of Ulster, ed. & tr. Seán Mac Airt and Gearóid Mac Niocaill (1983). The Annals of Ulster (to AD 1131)

Sources

• The viking age: the early history, manners, and customs of the ancestors of the English speaking nations PDF by Du Chaillu, Paul Belloni pub: 1889
• Cogadh Gaedhel Re Gallaibh: The War of the Gaedhil with the Gaill: or The Invasions of Ireland by the Danes and Other Norsemen by James Henthorn Todd pub: Cambridge University Press 2012
• Viking Kings of Britain and Ireland: The Dynasty of Ivarr to A.D. 1014 by Clare Downham pub: Dunedin Academic Press 2008
• Vikings in Ireland and Scotland in the Ninth Century pdf by Donnchadh ó Corráin
• Wikipedia : WikiProject Scottish Islands/Origins of the Uí Ímair and the Earls of Orkney
• Wikipedia - Uí Ímair

People of the The Uí Ímair

Gofraid of Lochlann d: 873

Amlaíb Conung / Olaf Kvite d: 874

Auðgísl Gudrødsson / Asl / Óisle d: 867

Ímar Gudrødsson 825 - 873

- the brothers; Amlaíb, Ímar and Auisle are “kings of the foreigners”

Sigtrygg (Sitric Cáech) - ruler of Dublin & Jorvik/York

Sigfrid; Jarl of Dublin 850-896

Ivar Ivarsson King of Dublin

Ragnall ua Ímair (son of Bárid) grandson of Ímair; king of Mann 914-921 king of Northumbria 918-921 (expelled from Dublin 902)?

Harald; King of Limerick 925-940

Godfred Haraldson (Gofraid Mac Arailt) 935-989 King of Mann & the Isles

Maccus (brother of Godfred Haraldson)

Olaf Sitricsson / Amlaíb Cuarán 920-981

Járnkné (Gluniaran) mac-Aulaffe/Olafsson d: 989

Sigtrygg Olafsson "Silkbeard" 981-1042

Harald Olafsson "Aralt mac Amlaíb"

Dubgall Olafsson

Gofraid ua Ímair - d: 934 (sons - Ragnall, Blácaire, Amlaíb, Albann)

Rongbvald (Ragnall) -944?

Olaf (Aimlab) -941

Blakari (Blacaire) -941

Halfdan( Albdan) - 926

Ivar of Waterford 945-1000

Gilla Padraig Ivarsson 962-982

Donndubán Ivarsson 965-995

Sihtric Ivarsson 970-1022 - King of Waterford

Ragnall Ivarsson 974-995 - King of Jórvík

Ragnall Mac Gofraid - King of Mann -1005

Harald Gudrødsen 980-1040 - Harald den svarte; King of Man

Gofraid mac Amlaíb meic Ragnaill d: 1075

Gudrød Crovan -1095 - Gudrød Kvithand King of Man and the Isles

other Associated Rulers and War Leaders

Harald Fairhair c. 850-933 - annexed Orkney and Shetland in 875 in an attempt to control the activities of raiders established in the islands and coasts of Western Scotland.

Rognvald Eysteinsson c. 830-890 Jarl in Orkney

Sigurd Eysteinsson c. 832-895 Jarl in Orkney - Sigurd and Thorstein joined forces to raid from the Hebrides

Thorstein Olafsson Thorstein the Red c. 858-888 Jarl in Dublin

others

Halfdan Sigurdsson 1013 (Norway) - 1047 (Yorkshire)

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