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- 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...
- developed following the period of Viking invasions. The major Hiberno-Norse Longphorts were located on the coast, but with minor inland fluvial settlements,...
- the mid-9th century, the Vikings set up coastal encampments known as longphorts; specifically in relation to Munster, this included; Waterford, Youghal...
- 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...
- mistranscription or mistranslation of "Striguil", see Nickname section. These were longphorts where the Viking raiders settled, marrying Gaelic women and slightly acculturating...
- initiating subsequent raids and fortified trade settlements, so called longphorts. During the Viking Age, they established many coastal towns including...
- camps called longphortsthese were used as bases for their raiding parties and as shelters during the winter. Eventually, some longphorts grew into Norse...
- 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...
- High King of Ireland, took advantage of their absence to destroy the longphorts along the northern coasts of Ireland. Áed Findliath was married to Causantín's...