#Longphort dublin free#
I’d forgotten this is a city where college students conduct free tours. This is the flagship store on O’Connell St. Founded in 1886, Eason & Son now have more than 60 stores throughout Ireland. Eason Books is a large Irish bookstore chain. The Liffey River looking East towards the Customs House. The Liffey River looking West towards the Ha’penny Bridge spanning the next crossing. The Spire of Dublin, also on O’Conell St., is sometimes called The Monument of Light Spire. The first one you see here is of Daniel O’Connell, a political leader of the first half of the 19th century. This photo is looking North along O’Connell Street. That’s the Ha’penny Bridge ahead Temple Bar is off to the left. This is the O’Connell Bridge and it is centrally located on the Liffey.
#Longphort dublin tv#
Coud this TV stage set be a reasonable depiction of how the modern city of Dublin began? I’ll have to do some more research! But this is how Dublin looks today. However, structures like this Viking hut, constructed as a stage set for the TV series, Vikings, could easily have been part of the defensive structures. We wondered if turf structures like these at Sunnmore Museum in Alesund, Norway might have been erected at the longphort. The longphort was near where Dublin Castle now stands. Who knew! This one is not where the Vikings had their “longphort” but it is nearby. Let me show you some photos! There are beaches in Dublin. It is a beautiful and vibrant city with lots to see and do all within easy walking distance.
Our curiosity satisfied, we turned our attention to modern-day Dublin. And the turf houses would be easy to erect. The longboats would easily sail up the Liffey. After reviewing turf houses and boat-building sheds we concluded the stage sets for the TV series, Vikings, seemed to be right on. Back we went to the photos we had taken in Alesund, Norway at the Sunnmore Museum as well as those we had just taken at Guinness Lake in Glendalough a few miles outside of Dublin. So, with curiosity piqued, we wondered what a Viking marine fortification would look like. The Viking fortification was near Dublin Castle along the Liffey River. As we drove past a beach in Dublin, we talked about the start of this city as a Viking “longphort” (a fortification for the protection of the boats.) Was it on a beach such as this that the first buildings were erected? Well, no. On day 2 in Dublin, we simply went out to enjoy the sights, shopping and food.
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