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C ONTENTS
Lots of large towns and cities have their own songs.
Dublin even has a statue of the woman in its song, Molly Malone.
She was supposed to be the daughter of a fish-seller and took her shellfish through the Dublin streets to sell.
The song goes
Molly was also famous for being a bit of a flirt. But Molly, they say, died in 1699 of typhoid from drinking the filthy Dublin water (not from eating a rotten cockle). She was just 36 years old.
Mouldy Molly was buried in St Johns Graveyard near Fishamble Street where she lived. The song ends
But is Mollys story TRUE?
What you need is a horrible historian to tell you a few foul facts about the legend of Molly
Lots of Mary Malones were born and died in Dublin. No one can prove the fat fish-seller was one of them. If she was buried in St Johns church well never know now Dublin council dug up the graveyard to build some new council offices. The bones were scattered all over St Johns Lane!
You see you cant believe all the stories they tell about Dublin. What you need is a book that will tell you the terrible truth, not the tittle-tattle and tales.
Im glad you asked. Read on
BC The cut-throat Celts arrive in Ireland and the different tribes share it out ... or fight it out.
AD Irish leader Conn of the Hundred Battles agrees to share Ireland with his old rival Mogh of Munster. The dividing line between their two shares starts in Galway and ends up at Dublin High Street. Crafty Conn gets handy Dublin harbour.
AD St Patrick arrives in Ireland to preach Christianity. He passes through Dublin and the people there moan about the black water. St Pat makes a spring of fresh water spout out of the ground. Much later, St Patricks Cathedral (in Patrick Street) was built on the spot.
AD The first Viking invaders arrive in Ireland. The monks learn how to build high, round towers as look-out posts and for shelter. The Vikings rob then go home.
AD The Vikings are back and this time they plan to stay. King Thorgest and his men settle down in County Louth and build the first city of Dublin. The Irish kings are too busy fighting each other to stop him. The Vikings build a fortress in 840 (probably where the Castle is now).
AD Olaf Cuaran becomes King of Dublin State. A new wave of Viking invaders begin to marry the Irish girls.
AD King Olaf is attacked by Malachy from the north and runs off home. Brian Boru rules in the south while the Vikings hang on in Wexford, Waterford and Dublin.
1014 Brian Boru defeats the Vikings at the battle of Clontarf then gets himself murdered. Malachy becomes the new Great King of Ireland but cant stop all the squabbles.
Around AD 500 most of Europe was in the Dark Ages, so called because were in the dark about what went on. Not many people were writing history. But Ireland was in a Golden Age. The monks were building wonderful monasteries and sending people out to preach to the rest of the world.
The horrible trouble is there is always someone that wants to spoil the party. They see a rich church and they dont say
They say:
In AD 787 the Vikings began attacking monasteries in England. When there was nothing left to pinch they sailed round to Ireland and started mugging monks over there.
They found the town of Dublin was a great place to settle because it had a deep harbour.
Dublin takes its name from two Irish words, dubh and linn, which mean the black pool. So Dublin is Irelands answer to Blackpool without the Blackpool Tower.
The river Liffey runs through Dublin and it is turned black by the marshes (peat bogs) it runs through. Still, this deep pool made a great harbour for Viking ships and Dublin was born.
Thorgest thumped
The Vikings were supposed to be sneaky and use tricks like ambushes against their enemies. The Irish were supposed to be good sports who liked to fight fairly. But they didnt fight very fair when it came to getting rid of the first Viking chief, Thorgest.
Heres what happened
Nice story, but probably just a legend.
The massacre didnt do the Irish much good. More Vikings swarmed into Dublin to take thick Thorgests place.
Dark Age daftness
The main Viking city in Ireland in the 800s and 900s was Dublin. Outside Dublin there were over a hundred Irish tribes and Viking villages.
In time the Vikings and the Irish people mixed. They squabbled, they married and made friends.
The Irish warriors learned a lot from their Viking neighbours. They learned to be killers and were called Sons of Death.
Here are a few things you may NOT like to try if you go to Dublin today because youll be arrested.
Killing in Connaught became a sort of habit like going to Blackpool in summer if you want a holiday.
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