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Turgesius (died 845) (also called Turgeis, Tuirgeis, Turges, and Thorgest) was a Viking chief active in Ireland during the 9th century. Turgesius Island...

The principal island on Lough Lene is named after Turgesius who was a Viking leader who is said to have conquered Dublin....

convent on the island.[citation needed] The two other islands are Castle Island, and Turgesius Island. An ancient bell was found on Castle Island in 1881 and...

concrete stile,(v1) Mass-Path, Ranaghan, Collinstown Bell of Lough Lene Turgesius Island, Lough Lene Sunset on Lough Lene The Cut, Lough Lene Dublin-Mullingar...

possibly the first Bishop of Killaloe. Vikings visited the island in 836; led by Turgesius, they killed many of the monks. A further Viking attack led...

This is an alphabetical list of loughs (lakes) on the island of Ireland. It also shows a table of the largest loughs. The word lough is pronounced like...

nearby Ranaghan, south west of Lough Lene, and Turgesius Island, is situated on Lough Lene. Turgesius was a Viking leader who sojourned here with a local...

three islands are Srudarra Island, Lady's Island and Carrickphilbin Island. The Viking chieftain Turgesius is said to have been drowned in Lough Owel...

artifacts used during mass in the Fore Abbey and on the convent on Nuns Island. Another legend holds that locals, believing the boat cursed with bad fortune...

one of these is attributed to the Viking chief Turgesius, who is said to have conquered Dublin. Turgesius built them on high ground overlooking Lough Lene...

that this son of Harald should be Turgesius is chronologically impossible, as Harald was born around 851. Turgesius's identity remains uncertain to this...

ancient churches. In Irish legends, it was on this island that Queen Maeve was killed. The Viking Turgesius controlled a ringfort on the shores until his death...

"Life of St. Gerald" states that the monastery was plundered in 818 by Turgesius the Dane. Buried here was Domhnall, son of Torlough O'Conor, Lord of North...

that the leaders of the Irish-based Scandinavians are recorded by name. Turgesius, who is made the conqueror of Ireland by Giraldus Cambrensis and a son...

ringforts to the east of Lough Derravaragh, within the hills of Ranaghan. Turgesius the Viking, renowned for taking Dublin, also possessed strongholds nearby...

Thorir Hund Thorolf Kveldulfsson Thorstein the Red Tryggvi the Pretender Turgesius Valtoke Gormsson Vagn Åkesson Veborg Ubba Uí Ímair Unn the Deep-Minded...

mythical tale of a 10th-century naval battle in Dundalk Bay. Sitric, son of Turgesius and ruler of the Lochlannaigh in Ireland, had offered Cellachán Caisil...

attention. One of the first named Viking leaders was Thorgest (in Latin Turgesius). The Annals of the Four Masters connect him with attacks on Connacht...

Al-Mu'tasim Louis the Pious Egbert of Wessex Ansgar Wiglaf of Mercia Turgesius 830 Adalard, Frankish nobleman (approximate date) Athanasius I, bishop...

astrologer (approximate date) Theophanes the Branded, Byzantine monk (b. 775) Turgesius, Viking chieftain (approximate date) 846 April 22 – Wu Zong, emperor of...