The Sea Stallion is under sail

The Sea Stallion has left Dublin, and heading for Howth.

Nordic place-names in Ireland and Wales

Great Britain and Ireland are full of Nordic place-names; most notably the landmarks of the coastal areas.…

Sorting out tuna tins, rudder tackle, and wetsuits

Wednesday 25/6 started early. At 6:30 am, the Sea Stallion was to be towed from its hiding place over the last 30…

A friendship of the more spectacular kind was agreed yesterday evening, when the Lord Mayor of Dublin, Paddy Bourke (left), and the Mayor of Roskilde, Poul Lindor Nielsen (right), formally said goodbye to the Sea Stallion in a beautiful ceremony at Dublin

When Roskilde and Dublin got engaged at the City Hall

A ceromony led by the Lord Mayor with folk music and military band tied a new bond between Roskilde and Dublin

The last few members of the crew arrive to sail the big longship reconstruction, the Sea Stallion, out into the Irish Sea.  The ship has spent a few days moored in the “finer” part of Dublin’s harbour.

Celebration when Sea Stallion leaves Dublin tomorrow

The world’s biggest Viking ship reconstruction turns home. The 2nd half of the experimental voyage ends in…

The Sea Stallion is ready!

Moored beside the Sean O'Casey Bridge on River Liffey in Dublin, the Sea Stallion is ready for the six-week voyage.

The joy of expectation

Senior Editor Tom Jackson shares his thoughts on his forthcoming voyage on board the Sea Stallion from Glendalough.

Sinead Quirke tars the thwarts in Dublin Port. Photo: John Nicholl

Sea Stallion is almost ready

In Dublin Port, work continues to get the Sea Stallion ready for the 1,400-nautical-mile journey home to Denmark.…

The Sea Stallion’s hull will be the object of marine ecology research. Photo: Werner Karrasch

Scientific research on stowaways

When the Sea Stallion sets sail for Roskilde once more, a new biological and natural history project will form part…