Appendix

Fig. 1. This Viking sword is from page 82 of Viking Antiquities in Great Britain and Ireland by Haakon Shetelig (1940) Oslo: H. Aschehaug (Fig. 54) and is of an iron sword from Wheelam, Co. Kildare, Ireland.

Fig. 2. Map of Ireland. Source: Ireland's History in Maps. http://www.fortunecity.com/bally/kilkenny/2/ire900.htm

Fig. 3. Map of Ireland's Counties. After Ireland's History in Maps. http://www.fortunecity.com/bally/kilkenny/2/ire900.htm

Fig. 4. This sword is also from Viking Antiquities in Great Britain and Ireland by Haakon Shetelig (1940) Oslo: H. Aschehaug (p.77-79) and appears as Fig.s 49, 50, 51.