Welcome to the Annagassan Viking Festival 2008

 

 

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The Annagassan Viking Festival for 2009 was a great success with over 10,000 people attending. A special thanks to everyone who helped out on the day . The Viking Committee would also like to thank the Rural Transport Programme and The Rural Development Programme for making this years festival happen and hope for the their continued support.

THERE WILL BE NO VIKING FESTIVAL IN 2010


To view photos of our 2008 Festival, please click here


       

(Film kindly supplied by Ember Films)


A message from Conor...

The 2009 Annagassan Viking Festival was again an overwhelming success.  Participating Vikings from Denmark, Co. Down and Dublin made the event culturally more authentic by recreating a working Viking village. Many thanks to all the local craftspeople and food producers who once again showcased the wealth of talent that exists in our area.

Unfortunately we did not break the record for the world’s tallest dog but Anne o Kieffe has to be congratulated for organizing this “dog show” with a difference!!

Our festival could not run if wasn’t for the kind donations received from our sponsors and we thanks them sincerely and hope they will continue to support us in the coming years.

Finally I'd like to thank all our volunteers, committee and the community in general for being so supportive over the last year in giving up some of their much valued time.

Conor O'Neill


For all of you who enjoyed the history tours and Viking village at the 2009 Annagassan Viking Festival, here is a link to the County Louth Archaeological And Historical Society, who run different excursions around Co Louth and also have copies of papers about the Viking history of this area.

Look for the paper titled  “Annagassan, A Study of the Viking Longphort” by Micheal McKeown, County Louth Archaeological and Historical Journal, Vol.XXVI, No.1. 2005


If you're interested in the return journey of the Sea Stallion, the Viking Ship that came to Annagassan for the first Viking Festival in 2007, and has since returned to Roskilde in Denmark - follow this link


A special music CD produced for the 2008 Festival, "Annagassan - Music from a village", will be featured and made available for sale from this website shortly.


Come and visit Annagassan anytime! Overlooking the Cooley Mountains on Dundalk Bay, Annagassan is close to the M1 Motorway (Castlebellingham Exit) between Drogheda & Dundalk. We're less than an hour from both Dublin and Belfast.

The Sea Stallion approaches Ireland

River Glyde Bridge, Annagassan

Annagassan Viking Festival, 2007

 

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