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The term medieval overlaps with the early Christian period in Ireland. The first Viking raid on Ireland took place in 795 AD. The Anglo-Normans first came to Ireland to assist Diarmuid MacMurrough, king of Leinster in 1169. An Anglo-Norman colony soon developed in parts of Ireland and encroached on Gaelic society. There was a resurgence of Gaelic power and influence in the fourteenth century. A plague called the 'Black Death' reached Ireland in 1348. The Statute of Kilkenny in 1366 shows how the English colonists feared and despised the influence of the Gaelic Irish. |