Dalkey Castle & Heritage Centre

This guide to Dalkey Castle in Dublin starts beneath the slot cut into the entrance for dropping stones on intruders, then traces the building back to 1358, when a silted-up River Liffey forced Dublin's merchants to unload their ships in Dalkey Sound instead, turning this small village into the city's working harbor. You'll hear how seven fortified warehouses rose along one street to guard the cargo, how the building later picked up the nickname Goat Castle from the Chevers family who once lived here, and how Dalkey's hidden coves earned it a reputation that brought a water bailiff to watch the ships. Listen for the mention of Walter Chevers, who died within these walls in 1678.