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The First Viking Age lasted from 795, when Viking raids on Irish settlements began, until 902, when the ruling Norse dynasty was expelled from Dublin. This period of Irish history is characterised by a series of conflicts involving three different parties: the native Irish, and two factions of Vikings of uncertain provenance known as the Findgaill or Findgenti ("White Foreigners" or "White Gentiles") and the Dubgaill or Dubgenti ("Black Foreigners" or "Black Gentiles"). The fluctuating fortunes of these three groups and their shifting alliances, together with the inadequacy of contemporary records and the inaccuracy of later accounts, make this period one of the most complicated and least understood in the fledgling city's history.
- This article is concerned with the history of Dublin between 795 and 902 CE.