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Downpatrick: Magnus Bareleg Viking Association host summer festival

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Time has turned back in County Down this weekend as a Viking association are showing how “hard” and “good” life was during the medieval era.

The Magnus Viking Association Summertime Festival is taking place at Ballydugan Medieval Settlement, near Downpatrick.

It’s the fourth year in a row the festival has been held.

Phillip Campbell, founder of the association, said the group was formed in 2003 in honour of Viking Magnus Bareleg, who is buried in the town.

“My love of the Viking ages originates due to the impact that they had on Ireland that can still be felt today,” Campbell told BBC News NI.

He said the aim of the group is to “create awareness of a different time”.

“Family was so important back then, communication and storytelling,” Campbell said, adding that it is “important to get children involved and educated on history”.

“We try to show through living history how hard life was but also how good life was.”


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