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 Thorfinn The Mighty
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.
The Orkneyinga Trail – Kirkwall and Beyond – A short, and not entirely reasonable, ramble about the Vikings in Orkney
The Orkneyinga Saga Trail in Kirkwall…….I’m vaguely aware that there is one, and of the Orkneyinga Saga Trail, around Orkney – I see the noticeboards when we’re out for walks
Poetry Corner: Orkneyinga Saga
On this day 16th of December in 1263 the Norwegian king, Haakon the Old, died in the Bishop’s Palace, Kirkwall, Orkney.
