VISITORS once again flocked in their thousands On Sunday (21st August 2011) to the stunning surroundings of St. Mary’s College Gardens in Youghal for the 5th Annual Youghal Medieval Festival. Events were planned to coincide with The Irish Walled Towns Network celebrations of National Heritage Week.

Official figures on the day saw in excess of 6,000 people visit the free annual event over the course of the day. The Heritage Council of Ireland undertook a series of surveys at the event, with initial results showing that there was a huge surge in people attending from outside the region.

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Today (Sunday, 21 August 2011) SIA participated in the annual medieval festival in Youghal, Co Cork. We had a fantastic day with the most amazing and positive respone from all those people who took the time out to take a look at our medieval shoe stall. We demonstrated the medieval turnshoe technique and sent some happy customers home with lovely medieval shoes and their very own ‘make your own medieval shoe kits’.

A Special thank you has to be said to my two lovely assistants and good friends Eimear and Emma, who tirelessly helped SIA have a truely wonderful day in Youghal. The medieval festival was a great day out for all the family and we hope to see everyone next year! Next week SIA is in Ardee’s Medieval Festival in Co Louth. We will have our medieval stall on display where you can see how to make your very own medieval shoe. The festival will commence from 2pm until 6pm. Hope to see you there!

Youghal Medieval Festival 2010 movie clip by local photographer Barry Lawlor. Press the play button to enjoy this short movie clip of the festival

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The stunning surroundings of St. Mary’s Gardens Youghal once again proved to be the location for the biggest and best of the country’s medieval celebrations of Heritage week. In excess of 5,000 visitors enjoyed the sunshine on Sunday 24th August in what has now become an annual event for Youghal.
The event organised by Youghal’s Municipal Heritage Committee was designed to ‘bring the heritage of Youghal to life,’ for The Irish Walled Towns Network’ celebration of National Heritage Week. The aim of the festival was to Read more