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Further information from

Margaret Dunne at

margaret@dalkeycastle.com

or tel: 00 353 1 285 8366

www.dalkeycastle.com

annual events

Bloomsday Festival

annually 15th & 16th June

ECHOES Maeve Binchy

and Irish Writers

first weekend in October

www.echoes.ie

Seasonal variations on Living

History Tour at Halloween.

Castle Christmas Tours with

Santa in December.

Directions

Dalkey is 12k south of Dublin city

along a beautiful coastline.

Coach parking is available close by.

Group Rates 2020/2021 Public Rate

product min/max duration 2020 2021

Dalkey Castle Living Min 10/Max 60 1 hour €13.50 €13.95

History Group Tour Ideal 40

Maeve Binchy & Min 10/Max 28 1 hour €13.50 €13.95

Irish Writers

Guided Walk

Living History Tour + Min 10/Max 28 2¼ hrs €21.60 €22.30

Maeve Binchy and Groups 10-45

Irish Writers

Guided Walk combined

Discover Dalkey’s Max 75 1 hour Price on

Literary Gems application

Evening only.

Time flexible from 7.00pm.

Maeve Binchy Max 75 1 hour Price on

Tribute Show application

Evening only.

Time flexible from 7.00pm.

Experience Ireland’s Min 15/Max 35 1½ hrs Price on

Heritage in an Evening application

Supplementary Options Available Price on

Archery Workshop application

Open 6 days per week all year.

Closed every Tuesday and

at Christmas.

Living History Tours

Travel back in time and meet

costumed actors who will enthral

you with their extraordinary skills

at Archery, Cookery and Barber

Surgery.

Browse the interactive screens from

4500BC (in twelve languages).

Experience the tranquility of the

Early Christian Church and Grave-

yard dedicated to local saint, Begnet.

Writers’ Gallery: Explore the area’s

literary and creative connections in

the Writers’ Gallery from Joyce to

Bono and Beckett to Maeve Binchy

and forty more.

Discover Dalkey’s Literary Gems A bespoke one-hour stage show featuring three

actors performing linked extracts from the work

of famous Irish writers, including: J M Synge,

Flann O’Brien, Hugh Leonard, James Joyce,

Seamus Heaney, Oscar Wilde, Maeve Binchy

and Van Morrison.

It is an enlightening whistle-stop ‘taster’ of the

work of Ireland’s internationally acclaimed

writers, with linking script by Shay Linehan.

Evenings only. Enquire for details.

Maeve Binchy Tribute Show Maeve wrote Aches and Pains as a ‘Cheer Up’ book.

She offers hilarious advice on: baring your body

in a nudist colony; how to give up drink and

many more unique and ‘Maeviously’ wonderful

perspectives on life. This laugh-out-loud, sen-

sitive adaptation for the stage by Shay Linehan

runs for one hour.

Evenings only. Enquire for details.

Maeve Binchy and Irish Writers Guided Walk Learn about the work of famous Irish writers

including Maeve Binchy, Hugh Leonard, Jennifer

Johnston, Flann O’Brien, James Joyce, Samuel

Beckett and GB Shaw on a Guided Walk in Dalkey.

Fridays at 13.15 (June–Sept). Other times by

appointment. Must be pre-booked. Minimum

number 10. Tickets €13.50 (2020) €13.95 (2021).

Time: One hour.

The visitor experience is enhanced

by a fully guided immersive, fun

experience with actors from Deilg

Inis Theatre Company. The Archer

will let you try out the ancient

Irish longbow. The Barber Surgeon

has medieval ways of curing your

ailments! The Cook will give you a

taster of her favourite, traditional

Irish Mead. Dalkey Castle dates

back to 1390 and has Battlements,

Arrow-looped windows, Garderobe

and Machicolation. Go carefully

under the Murder Hole!

Experience Ireland’s Heritage in an Evening

6.00pm

Bodhrán Buzz Taster Session

This is led by an Irish Champion Bodhrán

player. Get your wrists moving, your toes

tapping and have fun with a traditional

Irish musical instrument, the Bodhrán.

The tutor gets everyone joining in the fun

of playing Irish jigs and reels. An unforget-

table experience! See back page for booking. →

7.15pm