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A Medieval Experience
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| Date: | until November 22nd |
| Location: | Dalkey Castle |
| Time: | Monday – Friday: |
| Cost: | Adults: €6, Children: €4, Family: €16 Concession: €5 |
Beat the recession! Mint your own coins with the Viking Sitric who demonstrates the ancient craft of coin minting. Take a journey through Medieval times with actors from Deilg Inis Living History Theatre Company; Magnus Maxwell the Barber Surgeon, Rupert the Archer, Saidbh the medieval housekeeper and Sitric the Viking Coin Minter. Dalkey Castle & Heritage Centre presents a Medieval Experience with Live Performances daily from 9.30 am weekdays and 11.00am weekends.
See www.dalkeycastle.com.
Dalkey Castle & Heritage Centre presents an exhilarating Medieval Experience with professional actors in full period costume bringing to life the history of the late 14th and early 15th century at Goat Castle in Dalkey and the wider area. Have a family fun day out in Dalkey Castle & Heritage Centre the only fortified Town House in an urban setting open to the public in Ireland. The Medieval Experience begins with a short introduction from one of the trained guides and then the Deilg Inis Living History Theatre brings the characters to life in the medieval fortified Town House. The Medieval Merchant, Master Cheevers of Monkstown Castle owns the fortified town house in Dalkey. He is likely to proudly show off the features of the town house such as the murder hole and battlements. The new character to refresh this year’s programme is Sitric, a Viking coin minter based on the ‘Dalkey hoard’ Sometime around 1838 an ancient gatepost was demolished in Dalkey to make way for new concert hall at the Queen’s Royal Hotel. A hoard of silver coins was found with the head of Edgar who reigned from 959AD. Through a circuitous route the coins are now in the British Museum. The performance is built around this nugget of history using authentic equipment to strike the coins with the imprint of Edgar the Viking. Handy in these recessionary times!
Rupert the Archer is the ‘keeper of the keys’ and guards the town house with his longbow. He ensures the Gaelic tongue is not spoken within the Pale and commits anyone he hears speaking it to the Pillory. Magnus Maxwell, is a travelling Barber Surgeon of renown who inflicts a host of horrors on medieval Dalkey such as crude tooth extractions and amputations, urine sampling for blood, phlegm, black bile, and yellow bile and even a simple hair cut is shocking! Saidbh, the medieval housekeeper prepares all of the meals for the staff in the town house. While preparing a feast, she takes time out to explain medieval cooking, foods and dining. She may have time to explain how she uses the intestines of the animals, discarded bones and antlers. She has her annual bath on her birthday but this doesn’t still eradicate the fleas and the lice. She will tell you about a novel way of controlling these in the Garderobe!
Dalkey Castle and Heritage Centre is open seven days a week, all year round.
Admission is €6 per adult, €4 per child, €16 per family and €5 concession.
Dalkey Castle & Heritage Centre is supported by Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council, CRAGA and FÁS. See www.dalkeycastle.com.
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© Dún Laoghaire Rathdown County Council, County Hall, Marine Road, Dún Laoghaire, Co.Dublin t: 01 205 4700 |