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and ended their victorious march by the capture of
Dunseverick (Co. Antrim).[1]

Olaf returned to Norway some time after this to take
part in the wars there,[2] and we hear no more of him in the
Irish Annals. "Imhar, King of the Norsemen of all Ireland
and Britain," did not long survive him; his death is recorded
under the year 873.[3]

During the years which followed Ivarr’s death the country
was comparatively peaceful, and the Irish began to enjoy
a rest from fresh invasions, which lasted about forty years.[4]
The Danes and the Norsemen again began to quarrel among
themselves, and once more their opposing fleets met on
Carlingford Lough;[5] in this battle Albann (O.N. Halfdaur),
brother of Ivarr, a well-known leader of the Vikings in
England, was slain. Dissensions also spread among the
ranks of the Dublin Norsemen, dividing them into two
hostile parties, one siding with Sitriucc, son of Ivarr, the
other with a certain Sighfrith.[6] This internal strife so

[1] Annals of Ulster, a.d. 870.
[2] Three Fragments of Annals, p. 195. The Landnámabók, II., ch.
15 says that "Olaf fell in battle in Ireland," but this is surely a
mistake.
[3] Annals of Ulster, sub anno, 872 (=873).
[4] Cf. War of the Gaedhil with the Gaill, p. 27. Cf. also the entries
in the Annals of Ulster:

"Ruaidhri, son of Muirmenn King of the Britons came to
Ireland, fleeing before the Black Foreigners" (an. 876).

"The shrine of Colum-Cille and all his relics were brought to
Ireland to escape the Foreigners" (an. 877).
[5] The War of the Gaedhil with the Gaill (p. 27) mentions another
battle between Fair and Black Gentiles, in which many of the latter
were killed.
[6] It is extremely difficult to identify these two princes owing to
the similarity between their names. It has been suggested that
Sighfrith is the Siefredus or Sievert who ruled jointly with
Guthred-Cnut (d.c. 894) as King of Northumbria, while Sitriucc son of Ivarr is
probably the "Sitric comes" whose name appears on a coin dating
from this period. (See A. Mawer: The Scandinavian Kingdom of
Northumbria, pp. 11-13. Saga-book of the Viking Club, VII. Part I.)

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