Conference tallis::celt

    I never went to Celt World, but there's another interesting folk park
    a little north of Tramore. I digressing here a bit, but the park is 
    an authentic old Irish farm, dating back to the 1800s or earlier. The
    houses and farm structures contain antinque furniture, tools, and
    crafts. The day I was there RTE and host Brendan? were filming some
    special musical show. Anyone know the name of this place?  Kind of
    an Irish equivalent of Plimoth plantation or Sturbridge village but
    on a small scale.

There is an interesting place to visit just three miles north of Wexford.
It is set in a site containing a Round tower in good condition, and very close
to Ferry Carrig "castle" (just a small ruin, 8th or 9th centuary).

The Irish Lottery funds paid for most of the park creation.  It has medevial
settlements, viking longships, an ugly Breton (Celtic French) fort and
just interesting grounds to walk through with watermills etc.  Worth
visiting if you are in the area.

I think it was aimed at weekend trippers from the UK/France via the port
at Rosslare (15 miles away).

    re .0
       we visited the Celt World complex last June.  You don't see nothin'
    until you pay.
       What you get is a guided tour through the centuries. This comprises
    of a number of slide shows with sound effects and plenty atmosphere.
       The tour covers the pre celt era briefly and then covers the stories
    and myths which surround the arrival of the celts.
       It was interesting and informative. The children enjoyed the show
    and used the information on school projects etc.
        You have the usual souvenier shop which sells everything from
    sweets to sculpters.  Worth a visit.  When we visited the complex, it
    did not appear to be fully complete. They may have added a number of
    features to the show since last June. 
    The show lasts around 30 minutes ( you have as much time as you wish to
    saunter through the main auditorium after the show) and costs around
    ir�10 per family of 4.   I would recommend a visit even if it is a wee
    bit glossy around the edges.
       By the way, if you are fortunate enough you may meet the Seannachi
    (sp)(Storyteller). He will target one of the group, inquire where
    they are from and proceed to tell some story or other related to that
    particular area. A very professional performance from the guy.
       There are other features which are equally entertaining.
    
    Tom                                                          

    My family and I visited CeltWorld late last month. As mentioned in.3
    you don't see a thing until you pay. You are then guided into a small
    room where you are given an explanation as to what you are about to
    encounter. You are then lead to a small moving theater, which brings
    you to different stages/figues in Celt mythology. There are probably
    about 7/8 exhibitions you are shown, the last two which require you to
    view with 3-D glasses. You can then walk into an exhibition hall where
    you can view a nu,ber of different other things. (Heads on trees, old
    stones etc0 The whole thing takes about 45 minutes to an hour to see.
    
    As further information, we found Tramore to be a good stop to give our
    daughters (aged 11 and 6) some fun. In addition to CeltWorld there was
    LaserWorld just next to it (we didn't go in)  as well as a place called
    Splash Down which was an indoor pool complex with water slides, rides
    etc). Also in the complex was an amusement park with a number of rides,
    every one of which the girls tested. As the girls were sometimes
    restless visiting family or other places, this was a nice diversion.
    Thanks to the previous notes on this for giving us some info so we
    could plan into our trip.
    
    Kevin