sentences:  The term longphort, or longphuit in Irish as seen in the annals, literally translates to “ship camp”.This compound word was likely coined by Irish monks from the Latin word "longus" (long) reflecting the Old Norse "lang" (long), thus implying "lang skip" (long ship); plus the Latin "portus", meaning port, harbour.There are many towns and townlands in Ireland whose names bear some element of Longphort in them.