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**Save the date** - Slane Viking Festival

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Caroline M. and Sofia T.
**Save the date** - Slane Viking Festival

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Parking for Sunday
Hi all, parking is included in the ticket price and is 1/2km along the N51 Navan direction, past Slane Castle. It will be well signposted both Saturday & Sunday.

Update

  • The ticket prices are now set at €28 per Adult ticket. Tickets can be purchased here: https://www.boynevalleyevents.com/events/day-ticket-sunday-19th-may-2024-1
  • There will be a full range of food and drinks available all day at the Castle courtyard.
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Hi all,

Fancy stepping back in time on 19th May?

Want to try something fierce?! 🛶

Let's meet in the Slane Demense car park at 11am for the Slane Viking Festival🏕

A spectactular event for Sunday at 2pm:

  • Viking Long Ships on the River bring warriors.

What's more, sailors from the Vikings TV Series will tell you about their adventures.

Ticket prices are €28 Adult entry. See link to website below to purchase.
Discount ticket sales end 3 March 2024

Boyne Valley Viking Experience will be the largest historical re-enactment festival in Ireland in 2024. More than 200 armoured, full contact warriors will take to the battlefield to create a spectacle never seen before in Ireland.

Viking families and warriors will be camped in an authentic tented village below the Castle.

Demonstrations throughout the day will be by crafts people using medieval tools and ancient skills and will include, woodworking, pottery, weaving, jewellery making, birds of prey by Raven Haven Aviary and Rune Readings by a shaman – and much more.

Visitors to the camp can try archery and axe-throwing and hear Skalds tell Viking sagas, participate in childrens treasure hunts, and see fierce warriors do battle. There is something for all the family. Ticket price includes car parking.

There are timed activities also throught the day which can be found on the site.

https://www.boynevalleyevents.com/events/day-ticket-sunday-19th-may-2024-1

See you there!

Caroline & Sofia 🛶

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