Well, duh!!
The Vikings began invading the British Isles around the 6th - 7th centuries. The rich monasteries around the islands were unguarded and easy pickings. The looting of Lindisfarne and Kells monasteries are infamous. And those lusty Vikings weren’t just interested in gold and jewels - they carried off lots of female slaves.
Do I really have to spell it out for you?
Go ahead.
Could you, please?
Having danish ancestry in my bloodline, I would very much enjoy hearing all the details. Especially the parts about the celtic females.
It wasn't necessary Viking raiders carrying off female slaves, but Vikings settled in places like the Hebrides, the Isle of Man, and the Orkney islands who had children by the local women. Some of the descendants of these unions must have been among the initial colonizers of Ireland.
I am descended from the Scottish and Irish kings of medieval times (it’s a lot of fun to look the stuff up) and one of the things I learned was the Vikings married their daughters to the line of Scot Kings.
Also how many people have ancestors like “Sigurd the Snakeeye” and Ivar the Boneless?
I can figure out the snake eye but for the life of me I can’t figure out how someone ended up being called Ivar the Boneless.
Back when men were men and women liked it.
I suspect you already know that any town or city in the Celtic region that ends in the “BY” is the Danish word “Town” or “Village” and is pronounced bu. For instance -by and thorpe are much more common in Danish place names.
Aislaby is a Viking place name meaning Aislac’s village. It is one of only a very small number of place names ending in ‘by’ in the North East north of the River Tees
Appleby in Cumbria means a Viking village where apples grew.