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GROWTH OF THE SEAPORT TOWNS 25
and Colla (O.N. Kolli). Prince of Limerick (d. 931) was
certainly a Norseman, for he was son of Barthr, a leader
of the Finn-Gennti in the ninth century. There would seem
to have been a mixture of both Danes and Norsemen in
limerick, and since there is no proof that struggles for
mastery took place between them, we may take it that they
acted in harmony.
During the tenth century Limerick stood in close
connection with the Scandinavian Kingdom in the Hebrides. 1
Mention is made of one chieftain
"
Morann, son of the
Sea King of Lewis,"
2
who fought and fell in Limerick
against the Irish. Moreover, the occurrence of the names
Manus, Maccus (O.N. Magnus) and Somarlidh (O.N.
Sumarlithi) in both royal families points at least to re-
lationship by mairiage. Indeed, the same family seems to
have reigned in both kingdoms.
"
Godfrey, ^on of Harold,
King of the Hebrides," who was slain by the Dal Riada
in 989* was in all probability a son of that
"
Harold, lord
of the foreigneis of Limerick," whose death is recorded by
the Four Masters in 940.
Practically nothing is known of the Scandinavian settle-
ment in Waterford 4
(O.N. Vethmft orthr] before the year
919, when Vikings under Raghnall (O.N. Rognvaldr),
"
King of the Danes," concentrated their forces there
before attacking Dublin. These invaders, sometimes
called Nortmannai (’
Norsemen ’),
but generally alluded
1
Steenstrup :
op. cit., III., p. 213.
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