Talk:History of the Faroe Islands

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

	This article is within the scope of WikiProject Faroe Islands, a WikiProject related to the nation of Faroe Islands. If you would like to participate, you can edit the article attached to this page, or visit the project page, where you can join the project and/or contribute to the discussion.
Start	This article has been rated as start-Class on the Project's quality scale. (If you rated the article please give a short summary at comments to explain the ratings and/or to identify the strengths and weaknesses.)

[edit] Muhammad Cartoon crisis?

Because the Faroe Islands are part of Denmark, I wonder, how was Faroe Islands affected by the Jyllands-Posten Muhammad cartoons controversy? Were there any specific threats from muslim extremists against, for instance, the Faroese fishing industry? Is faroese cod or wool boycotted by Saudi Arabia for example?

Cyrruss 14:40, 4 April 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Saint Brendan

He saw an 'Island of Sheep' and a 'Paradise of Birds', which some say could be the Faroes with its dense bird population and sheep.

Does this mean that there were sheep in the islands before there was people? How did they get there? --Bjarki 12:25, 10 August 2006 (UTC)

I am pretty sure that the sheep were brought there by the Irish settlers. The Sheep on Iceland were brought there by the Vikings. According to the main article there may have been Irish settlers there even before this monk happened to sail by the islands. The bird life seems to have been significant even before it was settled though. MartinDK 14:07, 29 November 2006 (UTC)

No matter what you should be careful about putting too much emphasis on one single source when it comes to Northern European history from that time period. There are a lot of myths and stories that cannot be verified. Given that the islands aren't located as far away as Iceland it is very likely that they could be reached by boat even before the Vikings ruled the local seas. I see no problem with the Irish having tried to settle the islands before this monk came by. MartinDK 14:12, 29 November 2006 (UTC)