And then along comes the Anglo-Saxons backed by their newly acknowledged religion—from some little place in wherever—and some fresh new “we can do it better” Empirical deas to try out over the next few centuries, as they somehow become the Britons instead of the Britons.
This post is describing the Brehon Laws of Ireland. The Vikings arrived in Ireland before the Anglo-Saxons.
By the time the Anglo-Saxons arrived, the Vikings had settled and founded the main cities of Ireland, becoming an integral part of transforming the identity of the people on the island from Gaelic “Scotii” to Irish - Irish has been a multicultural national identity since the beginning.
And then along comes the Anglo-Saxons backed by their newly acknowledged religion—from some little place in wherever—and some fresh new “we can do it better” Empirical deas to try out over the next few centuries, as they somehow become the Britons instead of the Britons.
Later they would call the Vikings “barbarians”.
But ain’t that the way it always happens?
This post is describing the Brehon Laws of Ireland. The Vikings arrived in Ireland before the Anglo-Saxons.
By the time the Anglo-Saxons arrived, the Vikings had settled and founded the main cities of Ireland, becoming an integral part of transforming the identity of the people on the island from Gaelic “Scotii” to Irish - Irish has been a multicultural national identity since the beginning.