Viking find Extremely Significant in Ireland

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The discovery of a body of a Viking woman buried 1,100 years ago with a collection of artefacts is extremely significant, the National Museum of Ireland said yesterday.

The find was made in North County Dublin where construction workers were building new apartments.

Dr Patrick Wallace, of the National Musuem said an oval brooch which was found was a great historial importance.

The brooch is believed to have come from Scandinavia. Archaeologists also discovered an unusally long bone comb and other copper alloy omaments.

The Vikings first set foot in Dublin in 900 AD. The Chieftains had established control over Dublin, which had a population then of around 3,000 people.

http://www.museum.ie/

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