The Viking streets of Stoneybatter, and Dublin's 'Milluminum' anniversary

Many of Stoneybatter's streets have Norse-sounding names. In a literal sense, most of them came via the Artisans' Dwelling Company around the late 19th century. Many of these back streets, like their terraced houses and cottages, were brand new back then.

The ford of the hurdles

OK, I'll 'fess up. I slept through history at school. I've a rough idea about Dublin before the nineteenth century, but Dublin before the ninth century (i.e. before the Vikings)? A vague blur.