Bunratty Castle

From the plane the morning we left

cool car in front of Bunratty Park

Nikki wanted to bring these lambs home.

Isnt he a cute pony...

Do you see Nikki?

May 9
We left the lovely Adare Manor and went into Limerick and visited the Hunt Museum. Then we tried going to the Knappogue castle but it was closed this was the second time we tried to visit this castle. We then went to the Bunratty Castle and Folk Park. The folk park is a reconstruction of the village in the early 1900’s. The Bunratty Castle is the most complete and authentic medieval fortress in Ireland. Built in 1425 it was restored in 1954 to its former medieval splendor and now contains mainly 15th and 16th century furnishings, tapestries, and works of art which capture the mood of those times. Today, the castle stands peacefully in delightful grounds. The houses and cottages of the folk park spread out at the foot of its massive walls, much in the way that the cottages and crofts of old would have clustered around its base.
I enjoyed the castle and the folk park, that evening we went to the Medieval feast in the Castle which was a lot of fun as it was actually in the castle. They had great food and music. There was a harp player and some one playing the violin. There were 4 courses the first was soup and soda bread which you drank from your bowl and you were not given utensils. Then we were given some ribs and the main course was chicken and vegetable and potatoes. The final course was a fruit mouse and we were given a spoon to eat it with.