Bunratty Castle in County Clare (Ireland)
The most attractive Castle Ireland - Bunratty Castle is located in County Clare. With the Irish word
"Bunratty" can be translated as "mouth of the river." Once
upon a time, in 970, at the place where the castle was built, has a sales
Viking camp. The first fortification was done by the Normans in 1250. But the
real stone castle appeared only once in 1275, Thomas de Klerk received the land
from the King Edward.
However, in 1318 there was a
significant battle between the Normans and the Irish, in which enemies leveled
not only the castle itself, but also all the adjacent city. In 1425, O'Brien
clans and McNamara again rebuilt the famous castle, during the war in 1646, he
again was destroyed and then rebuilt. The castle changed owners all the time,
the last owners left it in 1804. Since then, the building was abandoned, but in
the XX century it became clear that, despite the time, the castle is well
preserved, and restore it will be relatively easy. In addition, fill the
interiors "antique" in Ireland is as easy as to buy furniture in St. Petersburg.
Already in 1954, was completed large-scale restoration, from the time Bunratty
Castle became one of the most popular destinations among tourists.
Near the castle stretches
gorgeous park where you can look at the old farmer and fishermen's houses,
which tell about the lives of ordinary Irish people of the XVIII century. Some
of the buildings were simply transferred from different parts of the country.
Houses, thatched mill, blacksmith shop, pets, and, of course, the villagers in
traditional costume, which in the eyes of the visitors are engaged in various
crafts, their furnace stoked with peat, bake them cakes and fragrant treat them
tourists. There are houses like poor people and more prosperous, decorated with
beautiful tableware, i.e. you can actually see how they lived once the
representatives of different social classes.
Also, all the guests waiting
for an unforgettable sight - a medieval banquet. Tourists are seated at the
table, and were treated to a variety of delicacies. And there is only need
hands, as at the time did not know about the existence of spoons and forks.
Dishes bring girls dressed in national costumes, guest guest musicians play
their hearing delight singers.
Bunratty Castle - a godsend
for the tourist: a historic building, whose age is estimated not in the tens
and hundreds of years, which not only impresses with its grandeur, but also
helps to plunge into the past, and it is now in the world of technology, when
we see only the Middle Ages in pictures.
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