Model of a Viking Settlement at the National Museum of Ireland
Going through the exhibits in the National Museum of Ireland is nothing short of a quick tour of the entire history or Ireland. This focuses more on the ancient history rather than the more recent ones. It did give me a lot of information which I didn’t know before. For instance, that Ireland was once occupied by Vikings. If you come from where I come from, you would probably not be aware of a lot of details of European history. I always thought that Vikings were only limited to the Scandinavian countries and possibly Iceland and Greenland. However, it seems that they were more widespread than I thought.
Viking Weapons Unearthed on Display at the National Museum of Ireland
The Vikings were probably the first major people who settled in the island of Ireland, and true enough, the current capital of Dublin was a former Viking settlement. I gained a whole new perspective on Viking life and that they didn’t just live on boats and wear helmets with horns. The National Museum of Ireland had a whole section of the museum dedicated to Viking Ireland. There were a lot of artifacts found from this era including swords and weapons. There was even an interesting model of a Viking settlement. It was a pity they don’t have those these days. Perhaps that is a good idea for a theme park.
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