Chapter  5: The attack on the monastery – The Vikings’ viewpoint.
(Written by 5th Class Busses School, Gentofte, near Copenhagen, Denmark

The Danish Vikings had gone ashore on the green island called Ireland. They were in the mood for robbing, and they were determined not to return empty-handed. They saw the name Wexford Inn over the door of an old house. Therefore they knew that the town was Wexford.

They quickly found the way to the monastery.

They met a few persons on their way, and two of them were not fast enough to run away. .

. and they were brutally killed.

The Vikings were not nervous. They had attacked and robbed monasteries before, and they knew that the monks were peaceful and that their religion forbade them to use weapons.

They drew their weapons and attacked the monastery. The big door was closed, but the Vikings used a log of a wood as pile driver, and soon the door was smashed.

The Vikings entered the monastery. As they had hoped the monks did not attack them. They only took their crosses and lifted them towards the sky and prayed to their God.

The Viking had no respect for the fine things. They smashed everything they saw. Only gold and silver had their interest.


The monks finally offered them a lot of gifts to leave the monastery and spare their lives.

The Vikings accepted the gifts, but when they had got them, they continued the looting.


The Vikings put gold and silver into their sacks of flax. There were candlesticks of copper, crosses and many other valuable things from the monastery.

Now the Vikings just had one last little problem. FOOD!

They had eaten it all and they couldn't find the larder. They looked for the larder in the whole monastery, and at last they found a little door.

When they opened the door they saw plenty of nice looking food. They eat as much as they could, and took the rest with them.


Now everybody could leave satisfied.
Egill Halfredson was looking forward to his wedding with Tora.

On their way back to the boats they caught ten young men and girls, who were meant to serve as slaves for the rest of their lives.

The Vikings also set houses on fire, and then they left Wexford .. . . .