Reginald's Tower
The Vikings have Landed!

Did you know?

The Vikings introduced coins to Ireland

The first silver coins were struck in Dublin around 997 by King Sitric, a descendent of one of Reginald's relatives.

Reginald was a grandson of Ivar the Boneless

Or at least, he is the grandson of a man the Irish Chronicles call Imar, some historians think they are the same man!

Viking helmets are pretty rare!

We haven’t found a single one in Ireland! They also did not have horns! But we have found plenty of swords and shields.

Waterford in Irish is called Port Láirge

This name translates to Port of the Thigh! According to a myth in which an Irish prince was killed and his thighbone washed ashore here!

Large numbers of Norseman flee Ireland after being attacked by a joint force of Irish Kings, likely including Reginald.

A large Viking fleet returns to Ireland, Reginald builds his longphort at Waterford. This is the moment Waterford was founded.

Reginald went to Britain and after fighting Constantine Mac Aeda of Scotland in the Battle of Corbridge, he declared himself King of Northumbria.

Reginald died in 921 as King of the fair foreigners and the dark foreigners, both groups of Vikings in Ireland.

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