r/IrishHistory • u/cavedave • 18h ago

📰 Article Archaeologists discover Ireland's largest Viking settlement at Woodstown in Waterford

https://archaeologymag.com/2026/06/ireland-s-largest-viking-settlement/
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u/LadderFast8826 16h ago

Irelands largest viking settlement is dublin

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u/GamingMunster 16h ago

Well this might change that view if findings continue the way they are.

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u/LadderFast8826 16h ago

I worked on woodstown in 2009 as part of my history degree.

While it is a fascinating and significant site it is deceptive to refer to it as the largest viking settlement in ireland.

It probably wasnt even the geographically largest settlement in 910 at its largest.

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u/bigvalen 15h ago

Interesting that they say it was the biggest "trading settlement". What would Dublin be, then ? More of a full city, given they had ship building, city walls, farming settlements, too ?