Ynys Dryyll, and Dinerth, cantref of Rhôs, North Wales, 846-851 AD
Ynys Dryyll, and Dinerth, cantref of Rhôs,North Wales, 846-851 ADSome babes come squalling into the world with a predestined future whether by divine providence or the alignment of celestial bodies. One such a newborn child was Iolyn ap Alun, named after his great-grandsire, he too, a noble warrior. As if an omen, war raged in Gwynedd on the day of Iolyn’s birth. His father, Alun ap Drystan, was absent for the happy event, busy repulsing a Viking incursion into the Vale of Elwy. At the same time, his father’s king, Rhodri, struggled to halt Mercian devastation of the Isle of Anglesey.
Alun was preparing his force to hasten to the relief of Ynys Dryyll when two Viking longships entered the mouth of the Dee estuary, causing
