Irelands longest running dinner entertainment, the Medieval Banquet at Bunratty Castle, Bunratty, Co Clare, is 40 years old. To commemorate the occasion, Shannon Heritage, the Shannon Development ...

Built in 1425, Bunratty Castle is the most bona fide medieval stronghold in Ireland. It was restored in 1954 and opened to the public six years later in 1960 as a national monument.

Today, visitors can make one call to CIE Tours and explore the castle and its gardens, and imagine what life must have been like in medieval times, assuming you were royalty, of course. Having fallen ...

Bunratty Castle itself, is a very fine and impressive furnished 15th century medieval fortress with great views out over the estuary and surrounding lands it once protected. Visitors can enjoy a ...

Friday, the 24th, was the final eventful day of the trip. That day, we stayed at a hotel near Bunratty Castle. The highlight of the day was participating in a medieval banquet at Bunratty Castle.

Bunratty Castle and Folk Park has welcomed 12-week-old puppy Rian, the Irish word for king, and one-year-old Mide, named after the fifth province of Ireland in Celtic times.

Similarly, the chamber had to postpone last year's Medieval Feaste and Castle anniversary celebration due to COVID. But that didn't stop several banquet-goers from dressing in Renaissance garb.

MEDIEVAL warriors will descend on Bunratty Castle and Folk Park as part of a special event designed to give visitors an insight into what life was like in medieval times.