Hastings
On 14th October AD 1066 William (the Conqueror) of Normandy and Harold Godwinson of England met at the Battle of…
Skipper: "Abandon ship!"
Just three weeks before sailing to Dublin the crew on board the Sea Stallion tested the final details concerning…
The project just as Irish as it is Danish
An Irish Viking ship! Sounds contradictory? It is not. 1,200 years ago the Vikings settled in Ireland and the two…
Scottish vessel to support the Sea Stallion
Seatrek Training from Ardrishaig, Argyll, in Scotland will facilitate a support vessel for the Sea Stallion at the…
Ballyholme
In 1903 a grave containing a pair of bronze brooches, a bowl, fragment of chain and some textile were discovered at…
Woodstown
In 2003 archaeological investigations along the route of a proposed road near Waterford city uncovered a large…
Wexford
The town of Wexford, on Ireland’s south-east coast also owes its origins to the Vikings. Wexford is a distinctively…
Waterford
The Viking town of Waterford appears to have been founded around 914AD when it is recorded in the Fragmentary…
Rathlin Island
Rathlin Island is the site of the first recorded Viking attack on Ireland in 795 AD. A number of Viking graves,…
Larne
In 1840 a male skeleton and a number of artefacts were discovered by workmen constructing a railway line along the…