Reginalds Tower

Reginald's Tower is a ancient tower in Waterford, Munster, Ireland. It is positioned at the eastern quit of the town quay. The tower has been in utilization for special purposes for plenty centuries and is an crucial landmark in Waterford and an vital remnant of its medieval city defence gadget. It is the oldest civic building in Ireland and it's far the best urban monument in Ireland to keep a Norse or Viking name. Reginald's Tower turned into built by way of the Anglo-Normans after their conquest of Waterford, changing an earlier Viking fortification. The tower's call is derived from an Anglicised form of the Irish call Raghnall, that is in flip a Gaelicised shape of the Old Norse Rognvaldr.

The tower's call appears to refer to one of the many Viking rulers of the metropolis that bore the call. One possibility is that it refers to Ragnall mac Gillemaire, the last Hiberno-Norse ruler of the city. The gift tower is probable to have been built within the 13th or 14th century; it could had been constructed between 1253 and 1280. In 1185 Prince John of England landed in Waterford and organised the rebuilding of the town's defences, including the tower.