An open-air museum in the Clare countryside where a restored 1550 MacNamara castle stands over a reconstructed Bronze Age crannóg, ring fort and the leather boat Tim Severin sailed across the Atlantic.
A 16th-century fortified house built around 1550 by John MacSioda MacNamara, later restored as a summer house by "Honest" Tom Steele in the 1820s and again by John Hunt in the 1960s. Visitors can explore the castle and see artefacts from its era.
A reconstructed Iron Age and early Christian lake dwelling: round houses with conical thatched roofs and wattle walls built on an artificially constructed island, reached by a single entrance.
A true reproduction of a 4th- or 5th-century farmer's house, plus an underground souterrain passage built primarily for food storage and as refuge from attack.
See a reconstructed Bronze Age cooking site, used from the early Bronze Age to the Elizabethan period, and a togher, a reconstructed Iron Age wooden road laid across wetland.
The leather-hulled boat in which explorer Tim Severin sailed from Ireland to North America in 1976-77, proving St Brendan's legendary voyage was possible nearly 1,000 years before Columbus.
A woodland family quest following the fairy Róisín past 12 hidden markers, solving clues to unlock a final mystery. A free workbooklet can be downloaded from the website.
Costumed interpreters and resident artisans show craft, cooking and farming skills through the season, with special re-enactment events such as Viking battles on some bank holiday weekends.
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