Tiree possessed a significant monastic community connected to Iona and was raided in the same year as the first recorded Iona attack. The Tiree monastery suffered severe damage and the community was dispersed. Tiree lying exposed in the western sea-lanes was particularly vulnerable to Norse attack and was raided repeatedly through the ninth century.
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