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County Wexford highlighted in green. County Wexford (Irish: Contae Loch Garman) is a county located in the south-east of Ireland, in the province of Leinster.It takes its name from the principal town, Wexford, named 'Waesfjord' by the Vikings – meaning 'inlet (fjord) of the mud-flats' in the Old Norse language.
From Bannow the combined armies headed towards Wexford, a Viking seaport approximately 32 km away. There was a brief skirmish at Duncormick, [6] before they continued on to assault Wexford's walls during the Siege of Wexford (1169). [citation needed] By the mid-19th century, the 1850s, the village of Duncormick had a population of about 250.
Later, from 819 onwards, the Vikings invaded and plundered many Christian sites in the county. [9] Vikings settled at Wexford town near the end of the 9th century. [9] In 1169, Wexford was the site of the invasion of Ireland by Normans at the behest of Diarmuid Mac Murrough, King of Uí Cheinnsealaig and king of Leinster (Laigin).
The Viking Age is the term denoting the years from about 700 to 1100 in European history. It was a formative period in Scandinavian history. Norse people explored Europe by its oceans and rivers through trade and warfare. They also reached Iceland, Faroe Islands, Greenland, Newfoundland, and Anatolia. This category lists towns and settlements ...
Street sign in Wexford. Keyser's Lane (or Keyser's Hill, Kezer's Lane, Keizer Street, Keyzer-street) is a street name found in several former Viking towns in Ireland. [1]The name generally applies to a street which runs from the medieval town centre down to the quays or harbour, and is believed to derive from Old Norse keisa, meaning "bend," perhaps a reference to the steep slope of the hill ...
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A large amount of Viking burial stones, called the Rathdown Slabs, have been found in multiple locations across South Dublin. [41] The Vikings founded many other coastal towns, and after several generations of coexistence and intermarriage a group of mixed Irish and Norse ethnic background arose (often called Norse-Gaels or Hiberno-Norse ...
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