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'Brjáns saga' (also Brjánssaga) is a hypothetical early specimen of Old Norse literature. According to the hypothesis certain episodes in ''Njáls saga'' and ''Þorsteins saga Síðu-Hallssonar'' drew on this lost saga.
According to Ó Corráin the most likely date of composition of the original ''Brjáns saga'' is around 1100 when Magnus Barelegs posed a threat to Irish interests (in Clarke et al. 1998:449). He believes that the saga was written in response to Cogadh Gáedhel re Gallaibh as the Hiberno-Norse Dubliner's way of saying that they were loyal to the descendants of Brian.

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★ H.B. Clarke, M. Ní Mhaonaigh and R Ó Floinn (eds), Ireland and Scandinavia in the Early Viking Age Four Courts Press, 1998.

★ Kennedy, John. ''The Íslendingasögur and Ireland''. http://www.dur.ac.uk/medieval.www/sagaconf/kennedy.htm

See also

★ Brian Boru

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★ [1] - Translation of the Njáls saga extract