- 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...
- 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...
-
developed following the
period of
Viking invasions. The
major Hiberno-Norse
Longphorts were
located on the coast, but with
minor inland fluvial settlements,...
-
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...
- 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...
- 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...
- in AD 841 when the
establishment of a
Viking longphort was recorded. It is
unclear whether the
longphort at Annag****an
continued under the
Dublin Viking...
- network. The
ecclesiastical settlement continued alongside the
Viking longphort, with the two
developing a type of
symbiotic relationship; the Nor****...
- the mid-9th century, the
Vikings set up
coastal encampments known as
longphorts;
specifically in
relation to Munster, this included; Waterford, Youghal...
- 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...
