normans are actually called Norse, and the vikings were the Norse. but there were viking raiders and Norse freemen. the word viking means to raid and the free men were regular people who usually just farmed for a living.
tradition tells us the Normans first came to Ireland in 1169
In Bannow Bay in county Wexford in the southeast of Ireland, on the 1st of May 1169.
They were invited by Dermot MacMurrough who was trying to regain his throne in Ireland.
The vikings.
the first Norman troops arrived in Ireland in 1169
The Normans ended up in Britain and Ireland because of William the Conquer and his expansions. Expansion continued during the First Crusades.
Because he invited them to come to Ireland to try to regain a throne he had lost.
Dermot McMurrough.
Contrary to popular belief, the first people to come to Ireland are thought to have come from Spain by boat and were not Celts.
the first Norman troops arrived in Ireland in 1169
1169
The Normans came to Ireland in around 1066. They came to Ireland for more land.
The Normans ended up in Britain and Ireland because of William the Conquer and his expansions. Expansion continued during the First Crusades.
Because he invited them to come to Ireland to try to regain a throne he had lost.
No. Ireland existed long before that. The Normans came to Ireland in 1169. There were people in Ireland over 7000 years before that.
The Normans Went To Ireland in 1080
The British came to Ireland at the invitation of Diarmaid MCMorrough, an Irish King, in 1169. He invited the Norman warrior known as Strongbow to assist him in a family feud.
the Normans led by Richard de Clare, Earl of Pembroke aka Strongbow
The Normans invaded Ireland to help to claim land of the British.
Dermot McMurrough.
They were called upon by Dermot McMurrough to help him regain a kingship that he had lost in Ireland.