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by Sihtric Gale, who had been expelled from Dublin in the
preceding year,[1] probably by his brother, Guthfrith. After
Sihtric’s death in 927 Guthfrith, King of Dublin (d. 934),
with the Vikings of Dundalk, left Ireland in order to secure
his own succession in York, but he would seem to have
been driven out by Aethelstan, for the Irish Annals mention
his return to Dublin after an absence of six months.[2]

Guthfrith’s son, Olaf, came forward about this time.
Supported by the Norsemen of Strangford Lough he
plundered Armagh, but his subsequent attacks on Ulster
were checked by Muirchertach MacNeill, son of Niall
Glundubh. Olaf fought in alliance with Constantine in the
battle of Brunanburh (937), and after the defeat inflicted
on them by Aethelstan’s forces he fled to Dublin.[3] He is
probably the "Anlaf of Ireland" who was chosen King
by the Northumbrians in 941,[4] but he died about a year
later.[5]

Another Olaf, the famous Olaf Cuaran, also called
Sihtricsson to distinguish between them, also played an
important part in campaigns in Ireland and England. He
went to York about 941, and was elected king by the
Northumbrians, but was expelled after a few years along
with Raegenald, son of Guthfrith.[6] He then took the Dublin
Kingdom under his rule, and in the following year was
defeated in battle by the Irish at Slaine (Co. Meath). leaving
his brother Guthfrith to govern in his stead, he departed
to York, where he became king a second time; but the
Northumbrians drove him out after three years and placed


[1] Annals of Ulster, a.d. 919.
[2] Ib., a.d. 927.
[3] Ib., a.d. 937. Anglo-Saxon Chronicle, A. Annal, 937.
[4] Anglo-Saxon Chronicle, D. Annal 941.
[5] Ib., E. Annal 942; Annals of Clonmacnoise, a.d. 934.
[6] Anglo-Saxon Chronicle, A. Annal 944.

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