Web Sites of Interest

Waterford News & Star

"Viking history coming up from Woodstown ground" - 2004/07/23

"Viking 'town' is Ireland's equivalent of Pompeii" - 2004/06/11

"Difficult decision" to be faced over Viking site" - 2004/05/21

"Full excavation of site shouldn't delay bypass" - 2004/05/14

"Report awaited on Viking settlement" By Aileen Mulhal 7th May 2004

Viking Town Is Ireland's Equivalent Of Pompeii By Marion O'Mara, Waterford News & Star 6-13-4

Waterford Today

http://www.waterford-today.ie/

City by-pass to be re-routed

The Minister for the Enivoronment, Heritage and Local Government, Mr. Dick Roche on a visit to the Woodstown Viking Site on the banks of the River Suir on Monday last said that he intends to issue a preservation order on the 1,200 year old site.

Irish Examiner

More Viking sites likely, say archaeologists By Niamh Nolan

ARCHAEOLOGISTS excavating the Woodstown Viking site in Waterford believe that a number of other such settlements exist at riverside locations in the south-east.

Archaelogical - Historical

The Irish Museums Association is a voluntary, not for profit organisation dedicated to promoting the interests of museums and those who work in them throughout Ireland, both north and south. The IMA organises an annual seminar in February and publishes several newsletters and a Museum Journal each year. The Association also organises lectures and special events in collaboration with other museum-related bodies.

Time Team Archaeology FAQs

Save Tara / Skryne Valley Campaign Hill of Tara

Ardglass Vikings is a charity organization based in the UK and Ireland involved in event management, community festivals, corporate events, historical re-enactments, rowing and racing, long-ship sailing, and the education of Viking culture and heritage. www.ardglassvikings.org.uk

Friends Of The Earth - http://friendsoftheirishenvironment.net/papers

Also

THE VIKING SOCIETY FOR NORTHERN RESEARCH Founded in 1892 as the Orkney, Shetland and Northern Society, or Viking Club. The Society was founded to promote interest in the Scandinavian North, its literature and antiquities.

Waterford Viking settlement may be 'find of the century' - online.ie: Archaeologists hope that a new Viking site discovered near Waterford City may be "the historical find of the century." A newly-discovered Viking archaeological site has experts very excited. The settlement of nearly 4,000 people near Waterford, Ireland might just become this country's Pompeii, according to archaeologists.

RTE News

Roche wants Viking settlement preserved

21 February 2005 20:27

The extensive Viking settlement at Woodstown in Co Waterford looks set to be saved after the Minister for the Environment said he would like to see the site preserved.

http://www.rte.ie/news/2004/1119

Aerial photography reveals size of Viking site

Aerial photography of the newly discovered Viking settlement at Woodstown near Waterford City suggests the site may be far bigger and of greater importance than previously thought.   05 June 2004 22:11

Viking artefacts found on Waterford road route

1st May 2004


RTE Documentary

Report on Woodstown - RTE Radio 1 18 Oct 2004

The State We Are In: If These Stones Could Speak, Frances Shanahan

Programme 2 The N25 -The Waterford Bypass.
An overview of the new sites found including the 5th Century water mill in Dooneen marsh and the important Viking settlement in Woodstown on the banks of the River Suir. This Viking site pre-dates Waterford city by about 100 years. http://www.rte.ie/radio1

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