I know the type X was a popular blade profile from roughly 800 up into the 1100s. I wanted information and examples of its use in Ireland. I know before the Vikings came the Irish had Romanesque swords and interesting blades. Owning a sword was rare, especially in Ireland. But I'm referring to the Irish nobility who could own a sword. I've found books talking about the trade posts the Vikings created and there was definitely trade amongst the Irish and the Vikings.

So if anyone has more info on the type X blades use in Ireland I would love to hear it.

I don't know where to find info on the use of type X swords in Ireland even on the Web.

Plenty of "Viking" swords have been found in Ireland. Knowing exactly who used them may not be so easy to know, although swords found in graves are usually accompanied with other stuff so we mostly do know who was buried in them. I hope someone can be more helpful about this.

There is the Lough derg sword that is a type X that has distinct Irish knots. So that sword is an example of a type X Irish. I'm curious if there are more.

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Good answer. The best way then to describe it would be "an imported blade with locally made Irish fittings", then?

Of course that could be the case with a very great number of swords, so yeah, at a certain level "Irish sword" is quite all right :)

You could compare this with the Scottish basket-hilted sword - universally regarded as 'Scottish' even though the blade was almost always a German (mostly Solingen) import. Where the blade was hilted seems to define the sword's nationality. I imagine that the well-known Irish ring pommel hilt swords were based on German blades too.
Neil