[89] It is called Tengmonth and Teggemuta in medieval documents (Chartularies of St. Mary’s Abbey, I., 15, 461, 463, 465) and from it the surrounding parish of St. Andrew—“Parochia Sancti Andreae de Thengmote”—took its name. In 1647 it is referred to as “the fortified hill near the College,” but about thirty years later it was levelled to the ground and the earth was used for building Nassau Street (J. T. Gilbert: History of Dublin, II, p. 258).
[90] The name survived until the 18th century in Hog Hill, but it was afterwards changed to St. Andrew’s Street.
[91] Annals of Ulster, A.D. 839, 840, 925, 928, 934.
These colonies were governed by earls, not kings, and their dependency on the kingdom of Dublin is clearly shown by certain entries in the Annals. In 926 a Viking fleet at Linn Duachaill (on the coast of Louth) was commanded by Albdann (O.N. Halfdanr), son of Guthfrith (King of Dublin, 920-933). Later, when part of Albdann’s army was besieged at Ath Cruithne (near Newry), Guthfrith went with his forces to relieve it. In 927 the “foreigners of Linn Duachaill” accompanied Guthfrith when he marched on York. See Steenstrup, op. cit., III., p. 115.
[92] Wexford was also governed by earls. One of them, Accolb, is mentioned in the Annals of the Four Masters, A.D. 928.
[93] The Irish name Luimnech (hence O.N. Hlymrek) was originally applied to the estuary of the Shannon, but was afterwards confined to the town itself when it had risen to importance under Scandinavian rule.
[94] Annals of the Four Masters, A.D. 843; War of the Gaedhil with the Gaill, p. 8.
[95] Three Fragments of Annals, pp. 167, 144-6. War of the Gaedhil with the Gaill, ch. 23.
[96] Three Fragments of Annals, pp. 173-175; Chronicon Scotorum, A.D. 887.
[97] The Victorious Career of Cellachan of Cashel, pp. 9, 66; War of the Gaedhil with the Gaill, p. 56.