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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.
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