Ulster in the Viking age : a view to a conquest / Michael Sheane.
By: Sheane, Michael
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BookPublisher: Ilfracombe : Arthur H. Stockwell, 2011Description: 79 p. ; 22 cm.Content type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9780722340851 (pbk.); 0722340850 (pbk.).Subject(s): Vikings -- Ulster (Northern Ireland and Ireland) | Vikings -- Ulster (Northern Ireland and Ireland) -- Juvenile literature | Civilization, Viking -- Ulster (Northern Ireland and Ireland) | Civilization, Viking -- Ulster (Northern Ireland and Ireland) -- Juvenile literature | Northern Ireland | c 1000 CE to c 1500 | European history | History | History | Ulster (Northern Ireland and Ireland) -- History | Ulster (Northern Ireland and Ireland) -- History -- To 1500 -- Juvenile literatureDDC classification: 941.601 SHE | 941.6 | Item type | Current library | Call number | Copy number | Status | Barcode | |
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| General lending | MTU Bishopstown Library Store | 941.6 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | 1 | Available | 00160401 | |
| General lending | MTU Kerry North Campus Library First Floor Main | 941.601 SHE (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | 0 | Available | 38888000603765 |
Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
This title tells how, loaded with plunder, the dragon-headed longships swept across the waves for home. Behind them Rathlin Island, five miles off the Ulster coast, was ablaze, its monastery desecrated, its monks terrorized and its precious illuminated manuscripts destroyed.
Includes bibliographical references.
The Viking Menace -- Viking Intentions -- How the Ulstermen lived -- Armagh -- Bards -- Viking Gifts -- Norse life in Ulster -- An age of Transformation -- Olaf of the shoes -- Brian Boru and the Battle of Clontarf -- Brian Boru and the aftermath of Clontarf -- The Vikings in Scotland and abroad.
This title tells how, loaded with plunder, the dragon-headed longships swept across the waves for home. Behind them Rathlin Island, five miles off the Ulster coast, was ablaze, its monastery desecrated, its monks terrorized and its precious illuminated manuscripts destroyed.