[SunkenCiv]

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[Iceland Review] tells us of archeologist Bjarni F. Einarsson, who last year studied a settlement building near the church at Kirkjuvogur in Hafnir on the Reykjanes peninsula (close to Keflavík). Einarsson says the building was probably not a farm. It could not have been built later than 880 A.D. The building contains a lot of rocks, but such buildings have only been found in the Westmann Isles and in Papey Island in the east of Iceland. The fact that no other buildings are close to the one found show that it is not a farm.

Einarson points out that it is known that people came to Iceland before the country was settled. Íslendingabók actually says that Irish monks were in Iceland before the Nordic settlers came. They were called Papar, and Papey draws its name from these Irish monks that left behind bells and crosiers.

[did my best to straighten out the special characters, my apologies for errors]

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[hellbender]

I once read that the population of Iceland was about 1/3 Irish, because of the fact that Norse raiders carried off so many Irish women.

[HD1200]

Most Icelandic men’s DNA can be traced to Norse while most Icelandic women’s DNA can be traced to Ireland (Celtic).

Icelandic women are called the world’s most beautiful.

Want to know why?

Because the Vikings brought their most attractive slaves to Iceland. Who wouldn’t in those days if you were headed for a small rocky island with active volcanos and the liklihood of a cold short life.

[rdl6989]

More importantly how did they get clearance to land with all the ash? /sarcasm

[LadyDoc]

yes, but they were met by the Inuit...

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