Take an Immersive Journey Through Viking Waterford

Déise Medieval is a Waterford-based amateur society for Living History and Medieval Combat enthusiasts who aim to recreate an early Viking settlement and bring to life the crafts and skills of the early Viking period in Waterford.

For Winterval they will recreate a tented village manned by experienced re-enactors. All the participants dress, live and work in an authentic recreation of Viking life. In a family friendly atmosphere visitors can see the daily life and crafts practised by our ancestors including; spinning, weaving, leather working, metalwork and black smiting, coin striking and woodwork.

Their period tents are full of homely furniture and household goods, authentic cooking is done over the open fire, and all the re-enactors are friendly and very experienced in demonstrating their crafts and answering questions..... visitors may be able to try some crafts for themselves and can certainly learn to play Hnefatafl a popular Viking board game.

Demonstrations and crafts includes;

• Coin Striking *
• Helmet and Armour display*
• Food and Cooking display
• Board games and pastimes display*
• Spinning* , weaving, sewing, embroidery and Women's Work
• Leather work
• Spice Trader
• Health, Hygiene and Medicine
• Arrow Making and Fletching
• The Volva - Viking witch

* Denotes activities in which the public can take part.

Opening Times
Sunday November 19th
Sunday November 26th
Saturday December 2nd
Sunday December 10th
Sunday December 17th

12.00PM-5PM