Brian waved his men back and advanced on the Norse king alone.
Heimskringla is the best known of the old Norse kings' sagas.
According to local tradition, the dun was the stronghold of, and named after, the son of a Norse king.
The Norse king Ivar the Boneless may have had this condition as well.
He also came into conflict with rival Norse kings, especially in Cork and Waterford.
In 954 Erik Bloodaxe, the last Norse King of York, was expelled from the city.
Early in his rule, the Norse king, Olaf Guthfrithson, took back much of the north of England.
The Heimskringla or the Sagas of the Norse Kings.
Heimskringla Or the Lives of the Norse Kings.
Snorre Sturlason: The Heimskringla: a history of the Norse kings.