IMG_3410 Curtains gave some privacy in communal sleeping quarters
IMG_3413 Bunratty Castle
IMG_3414 In 970 AD there was a Viking trading camp here which brought the Celts coinage, combs, and trousers
IMG_3416 Síle na Gig, sexual carvings, possibly pre-Christian fertility symbols
IMG_3417 Sargent at Arms Wolfe
IMG_3418 Bunratty Castle
IMG_3420 The castle is furnished in the style of the 15th and 16th centuries
IMG_3421 The South Solar. A private, comfortable room for the family
IMG_3425 Most castles developed an associated, protected, community which privided workers
IMG_3426 Cottage life. The park depicts the era about 1850
IMG_3429 Here too, private bedrooms were rare
IMG_3430 On the right is the ladder to access the loft