Note 1149 — Chapter IX · THE REIGN OF EADWARD FROM THE RETURN OF GODWINE TO THE DEATH OF EADWARD THE ÆTHELING.[921] 1052–1057. (continued 2)

Chron. Ab. 1055. “He gewende ða to Irlande, and begeat him ðær lið; þæt wæs xviii. scipa butan his agenan.” So “xviii. piraticis navibus acquisitis” in Florence. The part of Ireland whence they came is not mentioned, but Diarmid, the protector of Harold, was still reigning at Dublin, and he would doubtless be equally ready to protect Ælfgar. I can find no mention of the matter in the Irish Chronicles.