Tag: Vikings

June 23, 2014

A step through a gateway at the southern end of this straggling town takes visitors back 800 years in an…

April 28, 2014

Overlooking the basin of the River Barrow and with fine views of the plain that stretches to Dublin are the…

April 9, 2014

This was the capital of the ancient Kingdom of Dal Riada, and is thought to have been one of the…

March 18, 2014

A dramatic 150ft rock outcrop crowned by the ruined walls of Masg Castle (or Dun Masg) soars above the low…

March 3, 2014

The name Wicklow is the modern version of Wykinglo – Viking Meadow – the name of the 9th century Viking…

January 27, 2014

About 4 miles off Sligo’s untamed Northern coast lies an uninhabited , windswept island that contains one of the best…

May 27, 2010

This was an ancient battle fought by "Brian Boru" and the forces of Munster ....against the Vikings of Dublin, the…