914 - Vikings occupied Brittany


France
A large Norwegian army defeated the Bretons,nobles and Clergy fled to the court of Athelstan. Villages were pillaged and a large part of the population were enslaved.
Vikings occupied and raided Brittany until 939.
Wales
Hroald and Ohtar raided Wales from Brittany they were defeated by Anglo-saxons and Hroald was killed.
Ireland
A second viking age began. The descendants of Ivar returned and conquered parts of Ireland.Ragnall arrived at Waterford, and founded a base near the River Suir.
Ottir the black became the first ruler of Waterford.
Between 914 and 922, 4 towns: Waterford, Cork, Dublin, Wexford and Limerick were founded.

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