Dublin Castle

Dublin - Day 2

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October 3rd 2014
Geo: 53.3454, -6.27573So today I saw the true side of Dublin - rain, rain and more rain. Well it is October I started the day Dublinia, a museum dedicated to the Viking era and middle ages. It was actually the Vikings from Norway that built the first settlement in Dublin. Initially it was a winter camp, then it became a base for staging raids. Eventually they figured out that trade was more pr ... read more

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Celtic tribes arrived on the island between 600-150 B.C. Invasions by Norsemen that began in the late 8th century were finally ended when King Brian BORU defeated the Danes in 1014. English invasions began in the 12th century and set off more than se... ... read more