Seventeenth Ireland Post: Bunratty Castle Medieval Banquet

On Monday night of our last week in Ireland, we drove over to Bunratty Castle for a banquet. The castle sits in a folk park that can be toured during the day, and the castle has been restored with furniture and tapestries. We wanted to wander through a castle as it would have looked when it was in use, to supplement all our imaginings from touring ruins.

The evening delivered many delights.

Our crew were the only children there, the rest of the places taken up by two tour buses of people. We sat next to the two guides touring with the groups, and that was interesting.

It was really wonderful to be in a castle that had full walls and a ceiling, and the beauty of the gowns and outfits worn by the performers was intriguing to us, too. We all enjoyed the food, and everyone in the family tried every course. That becomes an even bigger deal when I mention that Parsnip soup was the first course.

The children and I enjoyed the banquet so much, we decided to come back to Bunratty to tour the grounds later in the week. More on that in a later post.