School Tours

  Great experience - A fun experience for all ages. What a great performance of history. Well worth the time to go and see and learn. Great for people of all ages.

  Bringing castle life back to life!  - A great stop in Dalkey. Get tickets in advance. Great actors fully committed to their roles. After visiting a few castles on our own, this experience was... read more great. Really enjoyed it.

  Educational and fun  - We LOVED our tour of Dalkey Castle. This was a rainy day activity for us and so worth the time and trip from Dublin. The guide and actors were PHENOMENAL.... read more We learned and we laughed. Strong recommend.

  A must do if stopping in Dalkey - What a fun experience! We stopped in just to get info on the town but ended up doing the tour, and it was well worth it. In about an... read more hour, you’ll learn the fascinating history of Dalkey, visit a ancient church and graveyard, and tour a castle homestead stronghold inhabited by a wonderful cast of characters ready to share their insight into daily life during the 12th century. Highly recommended!

  Very entertaining tour of Dalkey Castle.  - We had a wonderful time on our tour of Dalkey Castle in August 25. The tour guides and actors were brilliant and our 2 children just loved it. Highly recommend... read more it for an afternoon with family.

  Best tour in memory. Lots of laughter! - My sister and I stumbled upon this enticing castle while exploring Kalkey. We went in and I asked the saleslady to “Tell us what we should do here” and she... read more recommended a tour. After perusing the other storage fort across the street, we took the most fun tour I can remember. Well worth the fee! The tour was about an hour. The museum room was laid out in a chronological timeline which made it very easy to understand. It was clean and light and a very pleasant atmosphere. The tour crowd was only five people—and the interaction with staff was so hilarious! The actors that dressed in costume and did demonstrations and bantered with us were fabulous, and my cheeks hurt from laughing so hard.
This tour is recommended for: Solo visitors; families; kids young and old! The only thing to remember is that to go everywhere, to all the floors, you must hike some steep stairs, so accessibility for disabled is good on the ground floor but limited elsewhere.
Also, the gift shop is stocked with really good items: woolens, handmade soaps, etc.
Loved it!

  Definitely worth the time! - Wonderful experience. We came across the castle when visiting Dalkey and so glad we stopped. Our tour guide was so knowledgeable and the immersive experience was fun and we learned... read more so much.

  Fabulous. Loved it The tour guide was so friendly even dropped us at the train on the way back  - Fabulous. We loved it. Learned a lot about the history and it was great

Tour guide was amazing knowledgeable and humorous

  Wonderful Visit  - Great tour of the castle, and the abbey ruins! The live historical actors were entertaining and informative. Exceptional performances!