Margaðr is identical to Echmarcach, and that the event must have taken place at the conclusion of Echmarcach's second reign in Dublin. In fact, the Old Norse personal name Margaðr is a form of the Gaelic personal name Murchad, and the aforesaid accounts of Margaðr likely refer to Echmarcach's nemesis Murchad, rather than Echmarcach himself. Although the saga claims that a thankful Guthormr donated a portion of his looted silver to the shrine of his saintly uncle at Niðaróss, it is unlikely that any church would have accepted property known to have been looted from Christians. Instead, it is possible that Guthormr's hoard of silver was actually the tax that Murchad which had collected from Mann in 1061 during the expulsion of Echmarcach. Such a date corresponds to the implied date of about 1061 given by Heimskringla. Notes Citations References Primary sources Secondary sources External links Iehmarc 1 (Male) at Prosopography of Anglo-Saxon England 11th-century Irish monarchs 11th-century rulers of the Kingdom of the Isles 11th-century monarchs in Europe 11th-century Scottish people Monarchs of Dublin Monarchs of the Isle of Man Rulers of the Kingdom of the Isles Uí Ímair Lords of Galloway