Dalkey Castle & Heritage Centre
Fortified medieval merchant warehouse with a murder hole, machicolation and battlements, one of only two surviving of an original seven.
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This guide to Dalkey Castle in Dublin begins in the late 1300s, when the Liffey had silted up and the city's merchants were given leave to unload their cargo in a small village down the coast. You'll look at the stonework with a warehouse keeper's eye, hear about the smugglers who worked the quiet coves, and meet the water bailiff sent to keep them honest. Best heard standing in the street outside, looking up at the walls.
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