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WEXFORD LONGPHORT HOW TO

From the 6th century it housed a monastic center. (The castle became a hotel in the 1980s and underwent a major refurbishment in 2015.) Little Island, on which the castle stands, is strategically encircled by Kings Channel and River Suir. While in Waterford, now famous worldwide for its crystal stemware, guests revel in two nights of luxury – hardly Viking style - at Waterford Castle Hotel.

Behold the elegance of 18th century Georgian Waterford at the Bishop’s Palace Museum.

Step into a real 13th century chamber at the Medieval Museum,.

Watch history come to life at the 3D King of the Vikings virtual reality experience.

Tour the Viking Museum in Ireland’s oldest civic building, the 800-year- old Reginald’s Tower.

Participants on this trip have the option to: Here one can visit museums and buildings rife with Viking lore. The Vikings founded Ireland’s first city, Waterford (Norse for “windy fjord”), in 914. Farther south comes the Viking Triangle, the virtual museum cities of Waterford, Wexford and Kilkenny. The tour’s first major stop explores the site of a Viking attack on Christmas night in 835 AD on Glendalough, a 6th century monastic center. Then in the late 12th century, another predator, the Normans, thrust and parried the assorted kingdoms of Gaelic Ireland.” “The Vikings had a settlement in 841 AD in what is now Dublin.

WEXFORD LONGPHORT HOW TO

As early as 800 AD they set up winter camps ( longphorts) here, plotting how to loot the wealth of monasteries, intermarrying with indigenous Celtic Gael, putting down roots and founding our first capital at Waterford,” notes Rob Rankin, co-owner of Vagabond Tours. “A common view is the Vikings were raiders who didn’t stick around.

More than any other region of Ireland, this coastline separated by mountains from inland valleys defines how the Irish came to be in the 5000 years since Stone Age settlements. The artifacts they’ve left behind signal bloodshed one moment and repentance the next. Guests may envision Vikings landing longboats off the Irish Sea and the flags of Norman invaders from England who, with help, eventually did them in. (This fully guided small group tour won a “best” award at the 2019 Irish Tourism Industry Awards.) The company’s Driftwood: 6 Day Ancient Ireland Tourtravels south from the gateway city, Dublin, through County Wicklow (old Norse for “Vikings Meadow”) where many episodes of “Vikings” were shot.

An award-winning tour operator, Vagabond Small Group Tours of Ireland, recreates for visitors Ireland’s own Viking history in some of the places where the Vikings pillaged and plundered in their quest for precious baubles and arable lands. The History channel’s blockbuster hit, “Vikings” is scheduled to conclude its sixth – and final season in 2020.īut in Ireland the Vikings and their lasting influence still remain. The cinematic journey back in time is nearly over.