- A
longphort (Ir. plur. longp****rt) is a term used in
Ireland for a
Viking ship
enclosure or s**** fortress.
Although these longphorts were used as bases...
- to
several sources, the name
Longford is an
Anglicization of the
Irish Longphort,
referring to a
fortress or
fortified house. The area came
under the sway...
-
developed following the
period of
Viking invasions. The
major Hiberno-Norse
Longphorts were
located on the coast, but with
minor inland fluvial settlements,...
- well as
coastal ones; and the
raiders built naval encampments known as
longphorts to
allow them to
remain in
Ireland throughout the winter. In the mid 9th...
- was an
Irish peer, politician, and littérateur. Also
known as
Eamon de
Longphort, he was a
member of the
fifth Seanad Éireann, the
upper house of the Irish...
- published. The 2010
International Viking Conference confirmed the site as a
longphort - a
defensive enclosure built to
protect the
ships of
Viking raiders and...
-
fortresses or
longphorts being established in Ireland. The
Vikings may have
first over-wintered in 840–841 AD. The
actual location of the
longphort of Dublin...
-
camps called longphorts –
these were used as
bases for
their raiding parties and as
shelters during the winter. Eventually, some
longphorts grew into Norse...
- and used
Malahide Estuary (along with
Baldoyle Bay,
where they had a
longphort) as a
convenient base. With the
arrival of the Anglo-Normans, the last...
- camps,
which were
called longphorts by the Irish—this
period of
Viking raids on the
coasts of
Ireland has been
named the
longphort phase after these types...
