#Longphort dublin series#

Includes a discussion of the Dublin longphort sites. The excavations at Wood Quay and Fishamble Street provided a huge amount of information about Viking Age Dublin. In Ireland and Scandinavia in the early Viking age (1998), pp. When Sihtric (who had kept out of the battle) abdicated in 1036, Dublin had become a minor power with a strong mercenary fleet which was employed by Irish, Scottish and Welsh rulers. Sihtric Silkbeard tried to restore Dublin’s independence by using the alliance between Leinster and the earldom of Orkney, but this attempt was defeated at the Battle of Clontarf in 1014. In 997 Dublin came under the overlordship of Brian Boru, the King of Munster. The Irish Annals refer to a longphort established in 841, which functioned as a raiding base, and probably also as a slave market.

#Longphort dublin series#

It frequently controlled York, but this position was never secure.įollowing a series of defeats by the Irish in the 940’s, the Kingdom of Dublin went into decline, often being forced to pay tribute to the Irish. In 919, Sihtric defeated an Irish attempt to take Dublin and for a time the kingdom regained its importance.

The kingdom suffered a civil war in 893-4, and in 902 the Scandinavians were expelled by the Irish.ĭublin was recaptured again in 917 by Sihtric Cáech, the grandson of Ivar I. He was effectively the founder of the Kingdom of Dublin.Īfter the death of Olaf’s successor, Ivar I, Dublin suffered from a series of short-lived kings.

In 853, Dublin was captured by the Norwegian Olaf (Amlaib in the Irish Annals). Similar in format to such maps produced for Belfast, Dublin, and New Ross, the booklet includes over 250 features of the city of Limerick for the period c. Although these longphorts were used as bases for Viking raids, the term had additional meanings and these sites had multiple purposes. Dublin was original settled by Norwegians, but it was taken by the Danes in 851. longphuirt) is a term used in Ireland for a Viking ship enclosure 1 or shore fortress. The site of the longphort has not been identified, but it is thought to have been at the confluence of the River Poodle and the River Liffey.īy the tenth century, Dublin had developed into a prosperous merchant and manufacturing centre. The Irish Annals refer to a longphort established in 841, which functioned as a raiding base, and probably also as a slave market.

The earliest archaeological evidence of Viking presence in Dublin comes from the ninth and tenth century graves found at Kilmainham and Islandbridge. Dublin was the first real town to develop in Ireland, and it developed into an independent Norse kingdom.