• Oistin mac Amlaíb (Old Norse: Eysteinn Óláfsson) was a ninth-century Norse or Norse-Gael leader whom sometimes identified as a King of Dublin. He was...
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  • year Amlaíb drowned Conchobar at Clonard Abbey. Muirecán mac Diarmata, overking of the Uí Dúnchada, was killed by Vikings in 863, probably by Amlaíb and...
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  • 863–867) Oistin mac Amlaíb, possibly king (873–875) Halfdan Ragnarsson, disputed king (875–877) Bárid mac Ímair, King (873–881) Sichfrith mac Ímair, King...
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  • suggested that Oistin, son of Amlaíb ruled with Bárid as co-king. According to some scholars Halfdan Ragnarsson was brother to Ímar, Amlaíb Conung and Auisle...
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  • Gallaib names a son of Amlaíb, most likely Oistin, as raiding with him. It has been suggested that Bárid and his cousin Oistin ruled together as co-kings...
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    often referred to as Norse-Gaels.[citation needed] In 988, Máel Sechnaill mac Domnaill led the initial Gaelic conquest of Dublin. As a result, the founding...
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    sister of Cerball mac Dúnlainge, while Amlaíb's son Oistín (Eysteinn) is said to have been married to a granddaughter of Cerball mac Dúnlainge. AU 888...
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  • Lough Foyle. 874 Amlaíb Conung is killed in Scotland on a campaign against Causantín mac Cináeda at about this date. 875 Oistin mac Amlaíb, Norse King of...
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  • in the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle. According to the Annals of Ulster Amlaíb's son Oistin was slain in battle by "Albann" in 875. This figure is generally...
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  • Irish annals that Ragnar Lodbrok had any Irish connections. Amlaib had two sons, Oistin (d. 875) and Carlus (d. 868). Unlike Ímar, no later descendants...
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    the Irish kings and instead tells of the death of Amlaib's son, Oistín and reads: "Oistín son of Amlaíb, king of the Norsemen, was deceitfully killed by...
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  • According to the later Fragmentary Annals his brothers Amlaíb and Ímar plotted his death, with Amlaíb striking the killing blow. The earliest recorded Viking...
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  • when Mathgamain ua Riagáin is reported to have taken hostage Amlaíb, son of Sitriuc mac Amlaíb, King of Dublin, Mathgamain exacted a remarkable ransom that...
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