Today we had a guest speaker, Sean Spellissy, on the history of Ireland which included the impact of Celts, Romans, Vikings, Anglo-Normans, and British on the country. Sean Spellissy is a local historian and author.
We went to the Craggaunowen Project, a chronology of recreated Irish settlements, including a unique crannóg, or lake dwelling and the replica of St. Brendan's leather boat that was used by Tim Severin in 1976 to reenact the monk's sixth-century Atlantic crossing. This included a weaving demo and demo of a lathe to make furniture.
We went to the Craggaunowen Project, a chronology of recreated Irish settlements, including a unique crannóg, or lake dwelling and the replica of St. Brendan's leather boat that was used by Tim Severin in 1976 to reenact the monk's sixth-century Atlantic crossing. This included a weaving demo and demo of a lathe to make furniture.
We returned to Ennis for a walking tour which included a visit to the remains of the Franciscan Friary. We were left to our own devices for dinner and the large majority of the group had dinner at Brogan's Pub or Cruise's Pub in the Queen's Abbey Hotel. Cruise's had great live Irish music. A few went pub crawling and several choose to have drinks and dessert back at the hotel lobby.
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