Waterford
City got its start as a commercial center many thousands of
years later. In the relatively recent past - at the time of
the Vikings in the mid 800's - Waterford became the first city
in Ireland. Within a century, it was the centre of a trading
empire that extended far overseas. Within a few decades of
their arrival, the Viking rulers of Waterford built a strong
stone wall round the town and a tower bastion at the port of
the city. Many of the walls and towers still remain. Reginald's
Tower, now a superb museum, is the oldest urban civic building
in the country.
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