Chapter II: Preface: Chap

I. THE VIKINGS IN IRELAND (795-1014) 1

II. INTERCOURSE BETWEEN THE GAILL AND THE GAEDHIL DURING THE
VIKING PERIOD 10

III. THE GROWTH OF THE SEAPORT TOWNS 21

IV. THE EXPANSION OF IRISH TRADE 29

V. SHIPBUILDING AND SEAFARING 35

VI. LINGUISTIC INFLUENCES 40

(_a_) Loan-words from Old Norse in Irish.

(_b_) Gaelic Words in Old Norse Literature.

(_c_) Irish Influence on Icelandic Place-nomenclature.

VII. THE VIKINGS AND THE CELTIC CHURCH 47

VIII. LITERARY INFLUENCE. THE SAGAS OF ICELAND AND IRELAND 57

BIBLIOGRAPHY 77

Scandinavian Relations with Ireland during the Viking Period.