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Larne - History | | Larne - History: Encyclopedia II - Larne - History | | Both fossils and prehistoric human artefacts have been found in the sea cliffs around Larne.
Larne was one of the earliest Viking settlements in Ireland, who also called it "Ulfreksfjord" (the name of the present-day townland, "Olderfleet", is derived from this Viking name), and Viking burial sites have been discovered in the area.
Edward the Bruce, brother of the Scottish King Robert the Bruce, landed in Larne with the largest ...
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Larne - History
Both fossils and prehistoric human artefacts have been found in the sea cliffs around Larne.
Larne was one of the earliest Viking settlements in Ireland, who also called it "Ulfreksfjord" (the name of the present-day townland, "Olderfleet", is derived from this Viking name), and Viking burial sites have been discovered in the area.
Edward the Bruce, brother of the Scottish King Robert the Bruce, landed in Larne with the largest military force to invade Ireland.
Weapons for the Ulster Volunteer Force (UVF) were landed in the town in 1914 in what became known as the Larne Gun Running (with smaller quantities being dropped in Bangor and Donaghadee) and were stored at Drumalis, home of the Smiley family and today a convent. This played a significant part in Ulster unionist opposition to Home rule in Ireland, and the subsequent partition of Ireland.
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