Limerick
Unlike Dublin and Waterford, archaeological evidence for the Viking town of Limerick remains for the most part…
Dublin
The Vikings settled in Dublin from 841 AD onwards. During their reign Dublin became the most important town in…
Clontarf
The Battle of Clontarf, fought on Good Friday in 1014AD, is one of the most famous events in Irish history. It…
Roskilde
During the first half of the 11th century Roskilde sprang up on an open field and in the course of a few years…
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…