Sitric

• Sitric: the name of at least four Norse kings of Dublin
  • Sitric I: a son of Ivar the Boneless; he reigned in Dublin from 888-893; he was deposed in 893 but restored the following year and reigned for a second time from 894-896; he was the father of Ivar II the Younger, who succeeded him
  • Sitric II: Sigtrygg Gale, a grandson of Ivar the Boneless; he reigned in Dublin from 917-921; in the former year he led the Danes back to Dublin, fifteen years after their expulsion; as king of Dublin, Sitric II waged a lengthy campaign against the High-King of ireland Niall Glúndubh, which culminated in a decisive battle at Kylmehauoc near Islandbridge in 919; victory went to the Norsemen; Niall was killed, along with twelve other Irish kings; it was a disaster for the native cause, but it secured the long-term future of the Norse colony at Dublin; in 920 Sitric II left Dublin and went to York, where he made himself king; the following year his brother (or possibly his cousin) Guthfrith (Godfrid) succeeded him as king of Dublin
  • Sitric III: a son of Guthfrith, he was briefly king of Dublin from 941-943
  • Sitric IV Silkenbeard: a son of Olaf III of the Sandals (Amlaíb Cúarán), Sitric Silkenbeard (Sigtrygg Silkbeard Olafsson) was the most famous Norse king of Dublin; he reigned for almost half a century, from 989-1036 (he may have lost his crown temporarily in 994 to Ivar or Ímar, the Norse king of Waterford); it was probably Sitric who first walled Dublin (though his "walls" were composed of wooden fences and earthen embankments: the city's imposing stone walls date from about 1100); he was king during the Battle of Clontarf in 1014; although he personally did not take part in the battle, his troops were led to defeat against Brian Ború by his brother Dubhgall (Dougal); Sitric was deposed in 1036, six years before his death → FW 532.08 Shitric Shilkanbeard
  • Third Census of Finnegans Wake
  • Sigtrygg Wikipedia

• Sitric Street: a street in Dublin near Arbour Hill
  • A Finnegans Wake Gazetteer