Tag: vikings
Innovative Viking Project aims to involve Public
As hit TV drama series Vikings returns for a gripping fourth season with Jonathan Rhys Meyers set to join its…
Viking coins from Dublin discovered in Wales
A hoard of 14 silver pennies, whose origins lie in Viking Age Dublin, have just been declared treasure in Wales….
Let’s go a Viking: Sailing on the Sea Stallion of Glendalough
Alva Mac Gowan recounts her recent voyage on the Sea Stallion of Glendalough, a reconstructed Viking longship ‘It is the…
Woodstown a key site for understanding Vikings in 9th century Ireland
Fierce and wild is the wind to-night, It tosses the tresses of the sea to white; On such a night…
Viking Age Ship Graffiti from Dublin
This piece of Viking Age ship graffiti was identified on a wooden plank that was recovered during an archaeological excavation…
‘Tonight I fear not the Vikings’, An Early Irish Poem
‘Bitter is the wind tonight It tosses the ocean’s white hair Tonight I fear not the fierce warriors of Norway …
Viking Ireland, a fantastic series of videos by the National Museum of Ireland
The Vikings in Ireland is a fantastic series of videos, which have been produced by the National Museum of Ireland…
Some Irish words with Norse Origins
The year 795 AD saw a new force arrive on the Irish political scene, the Vikings. These seaborne warriors were…
Bones of the Vikings: when raiding goes wrong
The ninth and tenth centuries saw the arrival of a new force on the Irish political scene, the Vikings. These…
