Trjegul will arrive in Timahoe, on Sunday 2nd of June, with only one thing on their mind!
Just like the Vikings in 919, they will target the monastic settlement. 1100 years ago the abbots at Teach Mochua were no doubt taken by surprise, as the hordes descended upon them.
Monasteries were always a prime target for the Vikings, but it was those with a coastal setting that were most at risk. The onslaught of incessant attacks had abated somewhat by the year 919, and perhaps Timahoe had thought they had survived unscathed.
Alas it wasn’t so, the Vikings sacked the place and burned the Oratory to the ground.
So we awaited the second coming of the Vikings, at Timahoe Heritage Festival, and ask the question, “will we be ready for them this time?”