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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 Waterford Today http://www.waterford-today.ie/ 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 ARCHAEOLOGISTS excavating the Woodstown Viking site in Waterford believe that a number of other such settlements exist at riverside locations in the south-east. 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 www.indymedia.ie Independent Media Centre - outlets for the creation of radical, accurate, and passionate tellings of the truth. Viking Town Is Ireland's Equivalent Of Pompeii By Marion O'Mara, Waterford News & Star 6-13-4 For those with a "trace or thread of Celtic or pre-Celtic Spirit within their DNA" ... www.sacredireland.org 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. |
RTE News Roche wants Viking settlement preserved 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 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. RTE Documentary 18 Oct 2004 Report on Woodstown - RTE Radio 1 The State We Are In: If These Stones Could Speak, Frances Shanahan Programme 2 The N25 -The Waterford Bypass. Also Viking artefacts found on Waterford road route - 1st May 2004 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. Friends Of The Earth http://friendsoftheirishenvironment.net/papers |
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