Godred Crovan was a Norse-Gaelic warlord who, according to the Chronicle of Mann, fought for Harald Hardrada at Stamford Bridge in 1066 and escaped to the Isle of Man. After two failed attempts he conquered the island at the Battle of Skyhill in 1079 and founded the dynasty that ruled Man and the Hebrides until 1265. He also held Dublin from about 1091 until driven out in 1094, and died of plague on Islay in 1095. Manx folklore remembers him as King Orry.