Ímar mac Arailt
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Ímar mac Arailt was an eleventh-century ruler of the Kingdom of Dublin and perhaps the Kingdom of the Isles. He was the son of a man named Aralt, and appears to have been a grandson of Amlaíb Cuarán,
Ímar's name it appears on folio 17r of Oxford Bodleian Library Rawlinson B 488 (the Annals of Tigernach): "h-Imar mac Arailt".
The name of Echmarcach mac Ragnaill as it appears on folio 17r of Oxford Bodleian Library Rawlinson B 488: "Eachmarcach".
The name and title of Haraldr Knútsson as it appears on 156v of British Library Cotton Tiberius B I (the "C" version of the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle): "Harold cing".
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Amlaíb Cuarán
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Amlaíb mac Sitric, commonly called Amlaíb Cuarán, was a 10th-century Norse-Gael who was King of Northumbria and Dublin. His byname, cuarán, is usually translated as "sandal". His name appears in a var
Ímar mac Arailt
…ruler of the Kingdom of Dublin and perhaps the Kingdom of the Isles. He was the son of a man named Aralt, and appears to have been a grandson of Amlaíb Cuarán, King of Northumbria and Dublin. Such a relationship would have meant that Ímar was a member of the Uí Ímair, and that he was a nephew of Amlaíb Cuarán's son, Sitriuc mac Amlaíb, King…
Silver penny minted in York during the first reign of Amlaíb. Obv.: triquetra in the center with the Latin text '+ •A•NL•Λ•F CVNVNC ШΓ' encircling it; rev.: fringed triangular standard bearing ‘X’ on cross-tipped pole.
Sigtrygg Silkbeard (989–1029)