From Special Irish Fest "It's About Feckin' Time" Correspondent Ronan Collins:
Danes Sorry For Viking Invasion
"The Danish government has expressed regret over the Viking invasion of Ireland more than 1,000 years ago. The apologetic gesture came as a replica Norse warrior ship arrived in Dublin after a voyage across the North Sea.
Danish Culture Minister Brian Mikkelson said his country was proud of the ship, Havhingsten (The Sea Stallion).
"But we are not proud of the damages to the people of Ireland that followed in the footsteps of the Vikings," he said.
"But the warmth and friendliness with which you greet us today and the Viking ship show us that, luckily, it has all been forgiven."
The replica long boat - the largest in the world - is a reconstruction of the Skuldelev 2 built in Dublin in 1042 and believed to have sunk in the Roskilde Fjord 30 years later.
Archaeologists traced the wood used in the original to trees felled in Glendalough in County Wicklow, south of Dublin.
The crew of 65 sailed the replica vessel as part of an archaeological experiment."
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Had it not been for the Viking invasions of Ireland, there would not be the plethora of Irish redheads that exist today!
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