Flashmob highlight Viking influence

A MEDIEVAL flashmob organised to highlight Cork’s origins as a town founded by Norwegian Vikings in 915AD was among the highlights of the city’s annual Heritage Day which took place on Saturday.

The three-minute Viking flashmob is based on a You Tube video that has clocked up in the region of 20 million hits. On Saturday an estimated 70 people did a reconstruction of the energetic arm movements depicted in the “Techno Viking” video.

The group gathered at the National Monument on Grand Parade at 1pm, before revealing their Viking costumes and dancing 300 metres to the Berwick Fountain.