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Oxmantown · Co. Dublin

Where Exiled Vikings Built Dublin's Norse Stronghold

1171 witnessed the tragic beheading of Hasculf, the last Hiberno-Norse King of Dublin, by invading Anglo-Norman forces, prompting the mass exodus of Norse inhabitants who crossed the River Liffey to establish Austmanna-tún (Homestead of the Eastmen) in defiant response to thei…

Oxmantown is a small place in County Dublin. We're still writing the proper hub for it — pubs, food, walks, the things to skip — and it'll appear here when it does.