This excursion features Bunratty Castle and Folk Park alongside a visit to Limerick, Ireland’s third largest city located along the banks of the River Shannon. The experience highlights the fifteenth-century Bunratty Castle, which is the most complete and authentic medieval fortress in Ireland, and the nineteenth-century Bunratty Folk Park. The atmosphere connects the historical mood of the castle's interior furnishings with the sights, sounds, tastes, and scents of the folk park and the strategic, warfare-steeped history of the nearby city.
The journey begins at Bunratty Castle, built in 1425 and restored in 1954, where visitors can view the fifteenth- and sixteenth-century furnishings, tapestries, and works of art. The exploration continues into the nineteenth-century Bunratty Folk Park, allowing guests to stroll from house to house and along a village street complete with a school, post office, doctor's house, hardware shop, printers, McNamara’s pub, and Dirty Nellies. The tour then moves to Limerick, tracking its history back to the ninth century when Vikings landed there, and exploring how the land switched to the Normans and became a strategic waterfront location for battles and infighting among Norman nobles.
Inclusions:
- Blue Badge Driver Guide
- Bunratty Castle & Folk Park Entrances
