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Reconstruction of an eleventh-century leather shoeby experimental archaeologist John Nicholl. The original wasfound in Annaholty Bog on the border of Co. Limerick and Co. Tipperary, and probably dates to the eleventh or twelfth century. It is of a…

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Images of a leather shoe found in Annaholty Bog on the border of Co. Limerick Co. Tipperary and dating to the eleventh or twelfth century. It is a well preserved example of a shoe type found in urban centres in Ireland and across Europe during the…

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Article by Colm Moriarty in the blog 'Irish Archaeology' about the Ballynolan Thistle Brooch in the collections of the MAA in Cambridge.

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St Mary's Cathedral was founded in 1168, but is the likely site of the thongmote in the Viking settlement on King's Island in Limerick.

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A view of the north end of King's Island, St John's Castle and Thomond Bridge in Limerick. This was the site of the Viking settlement in Limerick.

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An iron axe-head, ninth or tenth century, from the Hunt Museum Collections.
HCA 638
http://www.huntmuseum.com/collection/collection-items/hca-638.aspx

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A selection of ringed pins of the ninth, tenth and eleventh century held in the Hunt Museum Collections.

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A worked bone ice skate, possibly ninth or tenth century, held in the Hunt Museum collections.
HCA 684
http://www.huntmuseum.com/collection/collection-items/hca-684.aspx

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An iron hammer pin, Viking, possibly ninth or tenth century.
HCA 639
http://www.huntmuseum.com/collection/collection-items/hca-639.aspx

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Single-edged, decorated bone comb from the Viking Age. Held in the Hunt Museum Collections.
HCA 592
http://www.huntmuseum.com/collection/collection-items/hca-592.aspx

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Viking silver neck ring described as having woven strands and knobbed terminals. Dating to the tenth or eleventh centuries. Held in the Hunt Museum Collections.
HCA 452
http://www.huntmuseum.com/collection/collection-items/hca-452.aspx

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A bone whistle with three perforations, listed as possibly ninth or tenth century.
HCA 683
http://www.huntmuseum.com/collection/collection-items/hca-683.aspx

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A decorated bone knife-handle from the ninth or tenth century, possibly Viking.
HCA 636
http://www.huntmuseum.com/collection/collection-items/hca-636.aspx

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An iron Viking sword with a short blade and a T-shape hilt, 9th or 10th century.
HCA 637
http://www.huntmuseum.com/collection/collection-items/hca-637.aspx

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An outline of the Viking Age settlement(s) at Limerick
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