- 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...
- 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...
-
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...
- 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...
-
Irish name Áth Longp****rt,
meaning "ford of the
longphort,"
refers to a 9th-century
Viking longphort (defended ship encampment) once
located at that ford...
-
established themselves in
Dublin in 838 when they
built a
fortified area, or
longphort, there.
During the
tenth century,
Viking Dublin developed into the Kingdom...
- network. The
ecclesiastical settlement continued alongside the
Viking longphort, with the two
developing a type of
symbiotic relationship; the Nor****...
