1. THE VIKINGS
Na Lochlannaigh
Strand:Early people and ancient societies
800AD-1100AD

2. THE FIRST VIKING ATTACK ON IRELAND TOOK PLACE IN 795AD ON RATHLIN ISLAND

3. VIKING DUBLIN

5. STREETS AND DEFENCES

6. A wood turner at work outside his house

14. EVIDENCE
• Archaeological finds: Coins, jewellery,
household goods, weapons, personal
items e.g. combs, remains of houses,
ships, graves.
• Annals or diaries of monks: Annals of
Ulster, Annals of the Four Masters, Annals
of Clonmacnoise.
• Viking sagas.

15. “The wind is fierce and wild tonight
It tosses the top of the waves to white
On such a night I take my ease
Fierce Northmen only cross the quiet
seas”.
Written by Irish monk c.830 AD

16. ORIGINS IN SCANDANAVIA

18. VIKING FACTS
• They came from
Denmark, Norway,
Sweden
• They came in longships
and raided the
monasteries looking for
slaves, provisions and
treasure.
• They fought with swords,
axes, spears and carried
wooden shields. They
wore armour
• They lived in long
rectangular houses and
established towns
• They traded using coins.
• They worshipped fertility
deities and warrior
deities. Odin was king of
the gods.
• They wrote using marks
called runes

28. BURIAL AT SEA

29. FOOD
Meat, fish, bread, gruel, vegetables, fruits, berries, nuts, wine, beer.
Salting, drying, smoking, pickling.

30. CLOTHES
• Viking women wore a long woolen dress
under a pinafore-like tunic with a shawl
over the top for the outdoors. Cloth was
dyed with woad, madder, berries and
onionskins.
• Men wore a belted tunic over an
undershirt and trousers.

31. CLOTHES

32. VIKING SKATE

33. HOMES
Viking longhouses were rectangular. Hearth was in the middle. Sides
lined with wooden benches for sleeping and eating

34. • Inside the Viking longhouse
Inside the Viking Longhouse

35. PASTIMES
Wrestling, board games, telling stories, playing music, horse fighting

38. A BOARD GAME WAS A PEACEFUL VIKING ACTIVITY

39. JEWELLERY
They loved silver necklaces, neck-rings, arm-rings, brooches and ear-
rings

40. VIKING LONGSHIP

41. REMAINS OF VIKING SHIP

42. VIKING LONGSHIP
Built from oak planks which overlapped. Joined by iron rivets. Joints stuffed with rope and
animal hair to make them watertight. Fast. Could navigate rivers.

49. VIKING WARRIOR

50. WEAPONS
The twin-bladed sword and battleaxe were favoured weapons

51. LEGACY
• Place names: Dublin, Skerries, Carlingford,
Ulster, Ireland, Howth, Leixlip
• New words: Wednesday, Thursday, Friday(Frey-
god of crops and animals), ransack, skull,
husband, haven, kettle, knife, window, long, egg,
market
• Towns such as Dublin, Wexford, Arklow,
Waterford, Cork, Limerick, Carlingford
• Development of trade, coinage.
• New art form: animal figures such as dragons
and serpents.

52. TEACHING STRATEGIES
• DRAMA AND ROLE-PLAY
• STORY:THE GOLD CROSS OF
KILLADOO BY JOHN QUINN; THE
VIKINGS IN IRELAND AND BRIAN BORU
BY MORGAN LLYWELYN; ERIC THE
RED
• DEBATE/NEWSPAPER REPORTS
• MODEL-MAKING
• TRADING GOODS