Re: ministers, language and vikings (obSal)


Subject: Re: ministers, language and vikings (obSal)
From: Tim O'Connor (oconnort@nyu.edu)
Date: Thu Dec 06 2001 - 08:29:06 GMT


[Sorry, but absolutely no Salinger-related content follows.]

On Wed, Dec 05, 2001 at 09:27:52PM -0800, Cecilia Baader wrote:

> Well, from my relatively recent trip to Dublin, I do know that the Vikings
> founded the first settlement that eventually became Dublin, but the Celts
> had been there living in trees long before.

Actually, I think they were in the Guinness building, but it's almost the
same thing....

> Anyway. If I'm not mistaken, they built the Dublin Corporation building
> right smack on top of the settlement site. There was a big hoo-ha over
> this when it happened and they excavated extensively (which is possibly
> why your museum had so many artifacts), but archaeologists believe that a
> great deal is now permanently buried. Scottie can correct me if I'm wrong
> on any of my facts, since these are my vague recollections of a walking
> tour I took in the company of a handsome Trinity scholar.

This sounds pretty accurate to me ... in fact, I recall reading that
one of the buildings had to be architecturally modified because of the
discovery of Viking artifacts during construction. (There was some
gnashing of teeth because the architect's "vision" had to be
compromised.)

I walked around the streets day and night in Dublin last week, looking
for any Vikings who might have stayed behind, but, alas, all that resulted
was that I narrowly escaped being carted off by the garda for being a
madman in the works.

--tim

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