The Marriage of Strongbow and Aoife - new venue

looksee

The pageant of the Marriage of Strongbow and Aoife has been advertised as being in Cathedral Square.

Due to building works and other restrictions it has been moved this year to THE PLAZA - William Vincent Wallace Plaza opposite Reginald's Tower.

This is a retelling of the most important wedding in Irish history, the invitation of the Normans into Ireland and the siege and slaughter of the population - a hiberno-norse population - of Waterford.

Performances at 2 and 3.30 and the wedding supper afterwards at Revolution.

Finnbar01

What's with all that building work down by Reginald's tower?

Nypd

Finnbar01 wrote: »

What's with all that building work down by Reginald's tower?

Works going on at the old Bowery bar and club.
Baileys new street is all tore up also looks like its getting a facelift

Jason Todd

I take it this is today? :pac:

saintchrisburg

Jason Todd wrote: »

I take it this is today? :pac:

It's on Sunday, so you haven't missed out :-)

Up2NoGood

Does anyone know if there is a web site / FB page on this production?

I would love to catch this on my lunch break, but need to know the running time .

Thanks.

saintchrisburg

Up2NoGood wrote: »

Does anyone know if there is a web site / FB page on this production?

I would love to catch this on my lunch break, but need to know the running time .

Thanks.

Seems that it'll run for 30 minutes; it's on Sunday anyway so it shouldn't be a problem (unless you work on Sundays):
http://www.heritageweek.ie//index.php/whats-on/event-search/#10022

looksee

Sorry, yes it is Sunday, I should have said. It lasts about 30 minutes.

Waterford Living History Society is performing it. Blood, guts, slaughter, and a wedding, what more could you want? And a very superior and opinionated (and racist) Giraldus Cambrensis telling the story!

jennygirl

https://www.facebook.com/thewaterfordvikings?ref=hl

looksee

Cheers Jennygirl, I should have done that too - I am up to my eyes in costumes and banners and lists!

Dum_Dum

Is the reception out in the Woodlands?

looksee

No, its in Revolution on Johns Street, 5pm

longshanks

Dum_Dum wrote: »

Is the reception out in the Woodlands?

Avalon are playing at it.

looksee

looksee wrote: »

No, its in Revolution on Johns Street, 5pm

It really is in Revolution, and anyone is welcome, provided they have €12 as a gift for the happy couple for the meal!

Finnbar01

looksee wrote: »

It really is in Revolution, and anyone is welcome, provided they have €12 as a gift for the happy couple for the meal!

Is it a sit down meal or just finger food?

looksee

Its a single course meal of medieval chicken (the cooking style, not the age of the chicken :-) )and flatbread. If you want dessert etc you can order off the usual menu. (toffee apple pie, yum)

And yes, it will be sit down with the cast in costume and suitable flags and stuff to make it look 'medieval'. Yes a medieval night club, ok, we are doing our best!

Jason Todd

Revolution should rename as Merlins for the night. /bad joke :pac:

Finnbar01

looksee wrote: »

Its a single course meal of medieval chicken (the cooking style, not the age of the chicken :-) )and flatbread. If you want dessert etc you can order off the usual menu. (toffee apple pie, yum)

And yes, it will be sit down with the cast in costume and suitable flags and stuff to make it look 'medieval'. Yes a medieval night club, ok, we are doing our best!

Is this event being organised by a private company?

looksee

No, the event is being organised by Waterford Living History Society which is a voluntary, self funded social group who like history and re-enacting. The meal in Rev is an attempt to start to bring the event into a situation where pubs etc can get involved in future years and start to make it a major event for Waterford.

Flash gets first dibs at it because he has supported us endlessly and given us all kinds of help, while still being a businessman. We would see ourselves in the future doing a tour round the town of any eateries etc that want to latch on.

Its about getting things moving in our very small way. We have not received any financial support for this production - there is no money around - but we think it is important both historically and in terms of activity in the town, and that is why we are doing it.

Finnbar01

looksee wrote: »

No, the event is being organised by Waterford Living History Society which is a voluntary, self funded social group who like history and re-enacting. The meal in Rev is an attempt to start to bring the event into a situation where pubs etc can get involved in future years and start to make it a major event for Waterford.

Flash gets first dibs at it because he has supported us endlessly and given us all kinds of help, while still being a businessman. We would see ourselves in the future doing a tour round the town of any eateries etc that want to latch on.

Its about getting things moving in our very small way. We have not received any financial support for this production - there is no money around - but we think it is important both historically and in terms of activity in the town, and that is why we are doing it.

Thanks for the info and I wish ye all the best of luck with this.

saintchrisburg

looksee wrote: »

No, the event is being organised by Waterford Living History Society which is a voluntary, self funded social group who like history and re-enacting. The meal in Rev is an attempt to start to bring the event into a situation where pubs etc can get involved in future years and start to make it a major event for Waterford.

How often does the society meet up, and where? I'd really like to join up at some point - can't at the moment as my work isn't going well so I have no extra money to be spending on petrol shuttling around. Is the society focused primarily on training in arms, or do you do crafts as well (like spinning, smithing, etc.)? How is it different from the other groups around, like Deise medieval?

looksee

Most reenactment groups are somewhat similar, but our interest is more in local Waterford productions, craft skills and history, though we do have fighters and weapons training. We can generally be found in Revolution on a Thursday evening, but half the club is in Dungarvan so we sometimes meet there, sometimes they come here. We are getting towards the end of the season now so things will change a bit for the winter, best thing would be to keep an eye on our facebook page and message us when you want to get in touch. https://www.facebook.com/thewaterfordvikings or email to waterfordlivinghistory@gmail.com.

saintchrisburg

That's great, thanks for the info. I've liked your page, and I'll get in touch when I'd be able to come and contribute. Hope to see you around.

0rt

looksee wrote: »

Most reenactment groups are somewhat similar, but our interest is more in local Waterford productions, craft skills and history, though we do have fighters and weapons training. We can generally be found in Revolution on a Thursday evening, but half the club is in Dungarvan so we sometimes meet there, sometimes they come here. We are getting towards the end of the season now so things will change a bit for the winter, best thing would be to keep an eye on our facebook page and message us when you want to get in touch. https://www.facebook.com/thewaterfordvikings or email to waterfordlivinghistory@gmail.com.

Is it going to be as big a production as last year after most of the group split?

joni1

Went down to this this evening. Well done to those involved, we all really enjoyed it

Sully

Went in for the first of the two performances, great work! Great acting, great costumes, great gear - and all without funding! Good to see the work being done and highlighting our history which is mostly ignored!

Nice to see Flash (Revolution) getting involved for the dinner! Always works well for the community, not many businesses put in the effort in Waterford.

jennygirl

Sully wrote: »

Went in for the first of the two performances, great work! Great acting, great costumes, great gear - and all without funding! Good to see the work being done and highlighting our history which is mostly ignored!

Nice to see Flash (Revolution) getting involved for the dinner! Always works well for the community, not many businesses put in the effort in Waterford.

Was at the Second Show today --- well done to all concerned --- amazing how a little community spirit can be so inspirational! congrats - ye deserve it

pharmaton

we forgot the camera for the first one but have some great shots of the second, and did a lot of booing We need more of this kind of stuff.

0rt

get the pics up!

pharmaton

there ya go, just a few of them

0rt

the plaza is a great little spot that doesnt get used enough

pharmaton

herself is mad to attend a medieval banquet and this stuff is right up her street but is there anywhere in Ireland where they do that? I was at one years ago in Barcelona in an amazing castle setting, (jousting tournament and the works) was unreal. Would love if they did something similar here

sillysocks

Bunratty Castle do something like that....

http://www.shannonheritage.com/BunrattyCastleMedievalBanquet

Jason Todd

Raging I missed this! Is it an annual thing?

pharmaton

sillysocks wrote: »

Bunratty Castle do something like that....

http://www.shannonheritage.com/BunrattyCastleMedievalBanquet

Been to Bunratty a few times but there's no fightin' just a lot of singing and dancing The folk park is good though.

looksee

Jason Todd wrote: »

Raging I missed this! Is it an annual thing?

Yes it is, provided there is some funding. We are not talking tens of thousands, but we do need some. We carried it this year, we could not continue to do this - though in fairness the audience was generous and enthusiastic, and feedback was excellent. There is massive scope for it to develop - it is such a good storyline!

This year's baby-steps attempt to create a Wedding Supper - which could in future turn into a banquet once people come on board - was really not well supported. It needs the vision and enthusiasm of the ordinary people of the town to support this kind of event, without it Waterford will continue to be also-rans.

pharmaton

looksee wrote: »

Yes it is, provided there is some funding. We are not talking tens of thousands, but we do need some. We carried it this year, we could not continue to do this - though in fairness the audience was generous and enthusiastic, and feedback was excellent. There is massive scope for it to develop - it is such a good storyline!

This year's baby-steps attempt to create a Wedding Supper - which could in future turn into a banquet once people come on board - was really not well supported. It needs the vision and enthusiasm of the ordinary people of the town to support this kind of event, without it Waterford will continue to be also-rans.

we did donate at the end and we had planned on following to revolutions after but then realised it wasn't on til 5.30 which was too late for us and we would have had to spend an hour and half wandering around before getting a feed. (we were already starving) Thought it was direct to the supper afterward and were a little disappointed that we couldn't go.

looksee

That's a pity, and we could see it might be a problem, but the people who did the show had to clear the entire area in an hour and then get to Rev in costume! We may be able to do more efficient organisation another time! :-)

looksee

If anyone would like to see a few pics of the Strongbow and Aoife event, they can be found here: https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=586324691410380&set=a.586324608077055.1073741832.183453391697514&type=1&theater
- too many to put on Boards :-)