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The Vikings
The Vikings carried out short blitzkriegs in Strangford in the 9th and 10th centuries and established short-term settlement. Many interbred with the native Irish and settled here, setting up trade links with the homeland. Their longboats had a huge influence on boat design in Strangford, and their legacy lives on in the name Strangford, from the Norse Strangfyorthe, or ‘place of strong currents’.