History
The name for County Wicklow (Holiday Apartments, Wicklow, Ireland) came from the Old Norse, Vykinglo, when it was settled by the Viking colonists. While most of the low country in Wicklow was vulnerable and fell to the foreign invaders, the high country served as a good safe haven for the indigenous Celts to survive.
It was Wicklows Dermot McMurrough, Gaelic King of Leinster that emplored the Normans for assistance in driving the Vikings from his territory. This was the event that propogated the eventual Norman takeover of Ireland.
Co. Wicklow 