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3. The post takes pace in SE 88 [860 CE]. The development of Dyflin has diverged further from OTL. Already more populous and powerful than its historical counterpart due to the events of Dyflinarskiri 1, it has flourished still further in the absence of OTL's Danish attacks. By this point, Dyflinarskiri (the kingdom of Dublin) is the dominant power in Leinster and a major player in Irish politics as a whole.

Top-down conversion to Submission is starting to occur among those Irish who have found it advisable to ally with the king of Dyflinarskiri. This, and the attractions of playing divide and conquer among the Christian Irish, has moderated the fanatical Outsider interpretation of Submission in Ireland.

On the other hand, Ireland's outdated but still widespread reputation as an arena for purist war against the Christian is attractive to the extreme Submissive from further east who have not accepted the Edict of Toleration of Erik III, and the established Norse of Dyflin face the challenge of channeling the energies of new arrivals in politically useful directions. One tactic is to divert the especially troublesome to Limerick, which has the advantage of being on the opposite side of the country.

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