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“By this time cultural assimilation had taken place between the Norse and Irish,” and the significance that Vikings had upon Ireland becomes evident. However there significance and influence on Irish settlement activity does not become evident until the tenth century.

One can see with this activity and the emergence of Viking coastal settlements, that the Vikings arguably became a permanent presence in Irish society by the middle of the ninth century. Louth and the finding of a Viking longphort dating to AD841. Evidence of this early Viking settlement and raiding basses can be seen with archaeological evidence such evidence can be found at Annagassan, Co. Arguably these costal basses are established to give a better platform for future Viking activity. With the use of the river systems and advances in ship hull technology, it can be seen that annals record numbers of large fleets of Vikings and the establishing of costal basses by as early as AD830. With annals recording and outlining the raiding activities of the Vikings in Ireland and Scotland as early as AD795, it can be seen that a pattern of intermitting hit and run raiding turns into more frequent and better organised attacks of coastal and eventually further inland regions. Although the view of the Vikings as being destructive can be seen to be true at cetin periods in the Viking conquest of Ireland, Irish society dose see widespread raiding and pillaging of coastal towns and church settlements. The twelfth century propaganda text Cogad Gáedel re Gallaib, was used to glorify the O’Brien royal descendants and it can be seen within this source the traditional view and reputation of the Vikings emerges. Also when dealing with Viking economy activity in Ireland how significant was relationships with other countries and hinterland rural regions of Ireland, and how these links and trade routes helped imports and exports thrive and led to prosperity within newly urbanised regions.įirstly looking at settlement activity it can be seen that traditionally Vikings have a reputation of devastation and destruction within an Irish context.

In regards to settlement was the idea of developing urban towns inspired by Scandinavian or English influence and how this impacted and helped develop Irish settlement activity. When looking at archaeological and documented sources questions emerge. I shall attempt to do this by outlining how the significance of the viking impact shaped Irish society in relation to economic and settlement activity throughout the ninth and tenth centuries. I would like to argue my take on the Viking impact within Ireland.