Some of the oldest archaeological finds from Dublin are Anglo-Saxon, however its the Norse who are credited with the founding of Dublin or Dubh Linn – the Black Pool.

A term associated with the Norse folk of Dublin was Tomar which was an Irish name for Thunor/Thor. Early Irish texts referred to Dublin’s inhabitants as the ‘Muintir Tomar’ or Thor’s People and that there was a temple just outside of Dublin’s walls called the ‘Caill Tomair’ or Thor’s Woods or Grove which housed a silver ring dedicated to Thor called the ‘Fail Tomar’.