ISSN 2009-2237
This entry is part 6 of 30 in the Issue 04Programme
Conference Title: Woodstown and Waterford and their place in the Viking World
Dates: 26, 27 and 28 March 2010 - Waterford City
Friday Waterford Museum of Treasures
Registration - Waterford Museum of Treasures, 6.00 – 6.30 p.m.
7.00 p.m. Conference to be opened by Minister Martin Cullen and the Norwegian Ambassador to Ireland Mr. Øyvind Nordsletten
with remarks by Dr. Patrick F Wallace, Director, National Museum of Ireland
7.30 p.m.
1. Guided tour of Viking Woodstown exhibition by Ian Russell
2. Viking Waterford Gallery by Orla Scully and Ben Murtagh
8.30p.m. Keynote Address – Prof Dagfinn Skre – From Kaupang in Norway to the Irish Sea coasts in the Early Viking Age.
Chaired by Dr. Patrick F Wallace
Saturday The Viking World: Ireland, Scandinavia, and Beyond chaired by Raghnall O Floinn
9.30 a.m. Dr Richard Hall – The Nature of Scandinavian Settlement in Britain
10.15 a.m. John Maas – Movement of Viking Warriors in Western Europe 800-1000
11.00 a.m. Coffee
11.30 a.m. Dr David Griffiths – The Archaeology of the Irish Sea, 820-1050
12.15 p.m. Dr Stephen Harrison – The Woodstown Grave in its Insular Context
1.00 p.m. Lunch
Afternoon session chaired by Dr Catherine Swift
2.00 p.m. Dr Pat Wallace – The Nature of Viking Age Urban Settlement in Ireland
2.45 p.m. Dr Linzi Simpson – Longphorts and Early Viking Sites in Ireland
3.30 p.m. Coffee
3.45 p.m. Dr Maurice Hurley – The Origins and Character of Hiberno-Norse Waterford
4.30 p.m. Dr John Bradley – The Hinterlands of Viking Towns
7.00 p.m. Pre dinner reception, Reginald’s Tower
8.00 p.m. Conference dinner
Sunday Woodstown and Hiberno-Norse Waterford chaired by Conleth Manning
10.00 a.m. Prof James Graham-Campbell - Silver in Viking Age Ireland
10.45 a.m. .Coffee
11.00 a.m. Dr Patrick F Wallace – The Woodstown Weights and their Meaning
11.45 a.m. John Sheehan – The Silver Finds of Woodstown and their Implications
12.30 p.m. Prof Donncha O Corrain – Historical evidence for the Vikings in the 3 Sisters river basin and Waterford harbour
1.15 p.m. Light lunch
2.30 p.m. Ian Russell / James Eogan - Visit to Woodstown Site.
