The name Bunratty means mouth of the river Ráite. Bunratty Castle was built in 1425 and in 1457 it became an O'Brien Stronghold. Bunratty Castle is surrounded by farmhouses and village street of the 19th century.
Workbook for Primary Student for Bunratty Castle & Folk Park (770 KB PDF File)
Treasure Hunt ás Gaeilge.
Viking raiders first appeared on the Shannon about AD 825. The Vikings laid the foundations of Limerick city in 922 and in 1172 the Anglo-Norman Intruders arrived. In the thirteenth century one part of the city to the north became known as English Town and was enclosed by a town wall. Irish Town appeared to the South of the Abbey River and also included a town wall.
Workbook for Primary Students for King John's CAstle (97 KB)
Some of the homesteads and other features of daily life you could have seen in Ireland more than a thousand years ago have been recreated at Craggaunowen. Craggaunowen gets its name from two Irish words, Craggan, meaning a rocky outcrop, and Eoghan, presumably the name of the man called Eoghan or John who built the Castle.
Workbook for Primary Students for Craggaunowen - The Living Past Experience (224 KB PDF File)
