Everything about Turgesius totally explained
Turgesius (died 845) (also spelled "Turgeis") was a
Viking chief active in
Ireland who is said to have conquered
Dublin. It isn't at all clear whether the names in the
Irish annals represent the
Old Norse Thurgestr or Thorgísl. The prinicpal island on
Lough Lene is named after him.
Life
The sole reliable record of Turgesius is report of his death in the
Annals of Ulster. In
845 he was captured by
Máel Sechnaill mac Máele Ruanaid of
Clann Cholmáin and drowned in
Lough Owel. Less certainly, the
Annals of the Four Masters associate Turgesius with attacks on
Connacht,
Mide and the church at
Clonmacnoise in the year before his death.
Myth
By the twelfth century, when the
The War of the Irish with the Foreigners (
Cogad Gaedel re Gaillaib) was composed to magnify the achievements of
Brian Bóruma, Turgesius had become a major figure.
Gerald of Wales, who may have had access to a version of this work, included similar accounts in his
Topographia Hibernica. These accounts are not trustworthy.
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