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| The Norse-Gaels originated in Viking colonists of Ireland and Scotland who became subject to the process of ], whereby starting as early as the ], they adopted the ], and many other Gaelic customs, such as dress. The terminology was used both by native Irish and native Scots who wished to alienate them, and by the Norse-Gaels themselves who wished to stress their Scandinavian heritage and their links with Norway and other parts of the Scandinavian world. Gaelicized Scandinavians dominated the Irish Sea region until the ] era of the ], founding long-lasting kingdoms, such as the Kingdom of ], ], ], ] and ]. The ], a Lordship which lasted until the ], as well as many other Gaelic rulers of Scotland and Ireland, traced their descent from Norse-Gaels. | The Norse-Gaels originated in Viking colonists of Ireland and Scotland who became subject to the process of ], whereby starting as early as the ], they adopted the ], and many other Gaelic customs, such as dress. The terminology was used both by native Irish and native Scots who wished to alienate them, and by the Norse-Gaels themselves who wished to stress their Scandinavian heritage and their links with Norway and other parts of the Scandinavian world. Gaelicized Scandinavians dominated the Irish Sea region until the ] era of the ], founding long-lasting kingdoms, such as the Kingdom of ], ], ], ] and ]. The ], a Lordship which lasted until the ], as well as many other Gaelic rulers of Scotland and Ireland, traced their descent from Norse-Gaels. | ||
| The specific region Norse-Gaels settled in ] was once all of one piece and after the ] called ], the land which was composed of the Irish Sea's coast from the ] (although some went to ]) and throughout ] into the ]. ] is often used to distinguish between these origins and Danish colonisation from the ] coast (see ]). Although the Norwegian element is undisputed, the Celtic side is more ] by tradition and continues to be an English subculture throughout the region. What he calls the "]" ''']''' is discussed at depth in ]'s ''Albion's Seed'', heavily overlapping the "]" cultural area of ''']''' for all intents and purposes. Professor Fischer expounds upon the Norse surnames and villages of the Quakers (e.g. ]) who were poor dalesmen and lived in compact, stone-built homes (much as in Ireland and the Scottish Western Isles across the water). believes there were innate differences between the locals and their Norman overlords for many centuries, that the commoners were ] while their landlords were ]. Barbour maintains that the Norman system of feudal manors was always resented, compared to the preferred Norse method of "]s". These people wore a style of clothing called "hodden grey" and ], contibuting much to the industrial development throughout the North of England. | |||
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| * Ó Cróinín, Dáibhí, ''Early Medieval Ireland, AD 400-AD 1200'' (Longman History of Ireland Series), (Harlow, 1995) | * Ó Cróinín, Dáibhí, ''Early Medieval Ireland, AD 400-AD 1200'' (Longman History of Ireland Series), (Harlow, 1995) | ||
| * Oram, Richard, ''The Lordship of Galloway'', (Edinburgh, 2000) | * Oram, Richard, ''The Lordship of Galloway'', (Edinburgh, 2000) | ||
| * Fischer, David Hackett, ''Albion's Seed: Four British Folkways in America'', (New York, 1989) | |||
| * Heywood, John, ''The Penguin Historical Atlas of the Vikings'', (New York, 1995) | |||
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The Norse-Gaels were a people who dominated much of the Irish Sea region and western Scotland for a large part of the Middle Ages, whose aristocracy were mainly of Scandinavian origin, but as a whole exhibited a great deal of Gaelic and Norse cultural syncretism. They are generally known by the Gaelic name which they themselves used, of which "Norse-Gaels" is a translation. This term is subject to are large range of variations depending on chronological and geographical differences in the Gaelic language, i.e. Gall Gaidel, Gall Gaidhel, Gall Gaidheal, Gall Gaedil, Gall Gaedhil, Gall Gaedhel, Gall Goidel, etc, etc. Other modern translations used include Scoto-Norse, Hiberno-Norse, and Foreign Gaels.
The Norse-Gaels originated in Viking colonists of Ireland and Scotland who became subject to the process of Gaelicization, whereby starting as early as the ninth century, they adopted the Gaelic language, and many other Gaelic customs, such as dress. The terminology was used both by native Irish and native Scots who wished to alienate them, and by the Norse-Gaels themselves who wished to stress their Scandinavian heritage and their links with Norway and other parts of the Scandinavian world. Gaelicized Scandinavians dominated the Irish Sea region until the Norman era of the twelfth century, founding long-lasting kingdoms, such as the Kingdom of Man, Argyll, Dublin, York and Galloway. The Lords of the Isles, a Lordship which lasted until the sixteenth century, as well as many other Gaelic rulers of Scotland and Ireland, traced their descent from Norse-Gaels.
See also
Bibliography
- McDonald, R.A., The Kingdom of the Isles: Scotland's Western Seaboard in the Central Middle Ages, C.1000-1336' (Scottish Historical Review Monograph), (Edinburgh, 1996)
- Ó Cróinín, Dáibhí, Early Medieval Ireland, AD 400-AD 1200 (Longman History of Ireland Series), (Harlow, 1995)
- Oram, Richard, The Lordship of Galloway, (Edinburgh, 2000)