By Fiona Grahame Sigurd Eysteinsson, Earl of Orkney, was a warrior of great strength and of several firsts who is considered to be one of the three most powerful Norse Earls of […]
Earl Sigurd I: The Mighty
Ragnhild
By Fiona Grahame She arranged to have her first husband killed and went on to marry two of his brothers, but is Ragnhild the ‘femme fatale’ of the Orkney Earls that the […]
Earl Thorfinn The Mighty
By Fiona Grahame “No greater ring-giver ever roamed with warguard” Earl Thorfinn The Mighty (1014 – c1060) ruled over lands in Orkney, Shetland, The Hebrides, Northern Scotland and parts of Ireland from […]
Earl Sigurd – ‘The Splendid Pagan’
By Fiona Grahame Earl Sigurd The Stout straddled the Celtic and Pagan Worlds. The life and death of this powerful Viking ruler of Orkney marks a pivotal point of transition in the […]
The Battle of Largs #OnThisDay
On the 2nd of October 1263 the Battle of Largs took place which was to be a turning point in the history of Scotland.
Ousdale Broch And The Caithness-Sutherland Border
Using a range of Latin and Old Norse texts, this talk will follow the Caithness-Sutherland border from an imagined Pictish past, through the Viking Age and the Late Norse Period, into the Early-Modern era.
Svein Asleifarsson – Orkney’s Last Sea Wolf
Described in the Saga as: ‘the greatest man the western world has ever seen in ancient and modern times’- this is part of his story.
A Tale of Two Sveins
This tale is set at a time when Orkney was ruled by the Norse Earls.
Funding Boost for The Orkneyinga Saga Centre, Orphir
£4,800 has been awarded to Orphir Community Council to improve the audio visual interpretation at the Orkneyinga Saga Centre, Orphir.
Hospitality:St Magnus Way Final Section Inaugurated in Orphir
Around 15 people gathered to celebrate the inauguration of the final section of the St Magnus Way.
