View of King's Island in Limerick (north end)
Viking settlement
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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Ireland
Limerick
St Mary's Cathedral, possible site of the Norse thingmote in Limerick
Cathedral
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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Tom Birkett
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Limerick
Ireland
Article about the Ballynolan Thistle Brooch
Brooches
Article by Colm Moriarty in the blog 'Irish Archaeology' about the Ballynolan Thistle Brooch in the collections of the MAA in Cambridge.
Colm Moriarty
http://irisharchaeology.ie/2013/03/the-ballynolan-thistle-brooch/
Irish Archaeology
2013
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English
hyperlink
http://irisharchaeology.ie/2013/03/the-ballynolan-thistle-brooch/
Ireland
Viking Age
Images of the eleventh- or twelfth-century Annaholty Bog Shoe
Artefact - shoes
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 Viking Age. These images feature on the blog of John Nicholl <a href="http://broguesandshoes.com/the-annaholty-bog-shoe-replica/" target="_blank">www.broguesandshoes.com</a>, which has more information about the shoe and the process of reconstruction.
John Nicholl
www.broguesandshoes.com
www.broguesandshoes.com
2016
John Nicholl
(c) John Nicholl
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http://www.tii.ie/tii-library/archaeology/Brochures%20and%20Posters/N7-Nenagh-Limerick-High-Quality-Dual-Carriageway.pdf
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Late Viking Age
Ireland
Munster
Reconstruction of the Annaholty Bog Shoe by John Nicholl
Reconstruction - Shoes
<span>Reconstruction of an eleventh-century leather shoe </span>by experimental archaeologist John Nicholl. The original was <span>found 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 type common in urban centres in Ireland and throughout Europe in the late Viking Age. For more information about the shoe and reconstruction, see </span><a href="http://broguesandshoes.com/the-annaholty-bog-shoe-replica/" target="_blank">www.broguesandshoes.com</a>.<span><br /></span>
John Nicholl
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www.broguesandshoes.com
2016
John Nicholl
(c) John Nicholl
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<a href="http://www.tii.ie/tii-library/archaeology/Brochures%20and%20Posters/N7-Nenagh-Limerick-High-Quality-Dual-Carriageway.pdf">http://www.tii.ie/tii-library/archaeology/Brochures%20and%20Posters/N7-Nenagh-Limerick-High-Quality-Dual-Carriageway.pdf</a>
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http://www.worldtreeproject.org/document/2330
Late Viking-Age
Ireland
Munster
Map of Viking Limerick
Map, Viking Limerick
An outline of the Viking Age settlement(s) at Limerick
Shane Lordan
<em>The Vikings in Munster</em><span>, p. 29</span>
Languages, Myths and Finds Project
2014
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The Vikings in Munster
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ISBN 9780853583004
Munster
Limerick
Viking Age
Viking sword in the Hunt Museum
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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HCA 637
Viking Age
Viking-Age Knife Handle in the Hunt Museum
knife handle
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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HCA 636
Ireland
Limerick
Viking Age
Viking whistle in the Hunt Museum
Viking artefact
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
Unknown
The Hunt Museum
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HCA 683
Ireland
Limerick
Viking Age
Silver neck ring in the Hunt Museum
Viking artefact
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
Unknown
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HCA 452
Ireland
Limerick
Viking Age
Viking bone comb in the Hunt Museum
Viking artefact
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
Unknown
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HCA 592
Ireland
Limerick
Viking Age
Viking hammer pin in the Hunt Museum
Viking artefact
An iron hammer pin, Viking, possibly ninth or tenth century.
HCA 639
http://www.huntmuseum.com/collection/collection-items/hca-639.aspx
Unknown
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HCA 639
Ireland
Limerick
Viking Age
Viking bone ice-skate in the Hunt Museum
Viking artefact
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
Unknown
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HCA 684
Ireland
Limerick
Viking Age
Ringed pins in the Hunt Museum
Viking artefact
A selection of ringed pins of the ninth, tenth and eleventh century held in the Hunt Museum Collections.
Unknown
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Ireland
Limerick
Viking Age
Viking axe-head in the Hunt Museum
Weaponry-Viking
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
Unknown
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HCA 638
Ireland
Limerick
Viking-Age
Iron Axe-Head from River Shannon on display in the National Museum of Ireland
Archaeological artefacts
Iron axe head with wooden handle from the River Shannon. Viking Age. 1986: 109
National Museum of Ireland
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25/08/2016
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1986: 109
Viking Age, Vikingtiden, Vikingatida, Ireland, Irland