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Olaf Cuarán

c. 927–981 · 10th century · Also known as Amlaíb Cuarán, Olaf Sihtricson

Olaf Cuarán was a Norse-Gaelic king who ruled York twice in the 940s and 950s and Dublin for over thirty years. Defeated by the Irish high king Máel Sechnaill at the Battle of Tara in 980, he retired to the monastery of Iona, where he died. His son Sitric Silkbeard later ruled Dublin.

Olaf Cuarán
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Kingdom of York

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