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Wood Quay (''An Ché Adhmaid'' in Irish ) is a riverside area of Dublin that was a site of Viking settlement. Dublin Corporation acquired Wood Quay gradually between 1950 and 1975 , finally announcing that it would be the location of their new offices. Finds made during the initial excavation of the site led to a massive, but ultimately unsuccessful, public campaign to halt the development. Finds from Wood Quay are now on display in the National Museum Of Ireland .

The site is now entirely occupied by Dublin City Council 's Civic Offices.


BIBLIOGRAPHY

  • John Bradley, ''Viking Dublin Exposed: The Wood Quay Saga'', O'Brien Pr, Dublin, 1984, ISBN 978-0862780661

  • Clare McCutcheon, ''Medieval Pottery from Wood Quay, Dublin'', Medieval Dublin Excavations 1962-81, Series B, vol. 7, Royal Irish Academy, Dublin, ISBN 1-904890-12-1




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