Many Irish slaves died from tropical heat of the island, by disease or by hardness and excessive working hours.

In the meantime, Hjörleifr had been murdered by his Irish slaves because of his ill-treatment.

The islands are named after Irish slaves who had been captured into slavery by Norsemen.

Iceland was first settled in the 9th century by Norwegians who took captive Irish slaves.

The population is descended from British, Scottish, Irish, French, African slaves and Dutch people.

The number of Irish slaves in Barbados is unknown but the figure is estimated at between 12,000 and 60,000 people.

In the 60s, some 52,000 Irish slaves, mostly women and sturdy boys and girls, were arrived to Barbados and Virginia alone.

The similarities that do exist suggests the later pots may have been made by Norse who had settled in Ireland, or Irish slaves.

Many Irish slaves participated in the colonization of Iceland.

Jamaica also received a sizeable proportion of Irish slaves.