{"id":10515,"date":"2022-04-21T15:06:37","date_gmt":"2022-04-21T14:06:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.creativeireland.gov.ie\/event\/the-marriage-of-strongbow-and-aoife-1170\/"},"modified":"2022-04-21T15:06:37","modified_gmt":"2022-04-21T14:06:37","slug":"the-marriage-of-strongbow-and-aoife-1170","status":"publish","type":"event","link":"https:\/\/www.creativeireland.gov.ie\/en\/event\/the-marriage-of-strongbow-and-aoife-1170\/","title":{"rendered":"The Marriage of Strongbow and Aoife 1170"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span><span><span><em><span><span><span>The Marriage of Strongbow and Aoife<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/em><span><span><span> \u2013 commemorating the 850th anniversary of the marriage which changed the course of Irish history!<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><span><span><span><span><span>Waterford Treasures Museums in partnership with Central Arts Waterford will commemorate the marriage of the Irish Princess Aoife and the Anglo Norman knight Strongbow which took place in Christchurch Cathedral Waterford on the 25th August 1170.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><span><span><span><span><span>Using the iconic painting by the renowned artist Daniel Maclise as a backdrop, the historic wedding will be re-enacted\u00a0in Cathedral Square in the heart of Waterford\u2019s Viking Triangle.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><span><span><span><span><span>Maclise himself will be the narrator \u2013 introducing his painting, setting the scene and giving the historical background including the famous siege of the city which preceded the marriage. <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><span><span><span><span><span>But of course nothing is ever as simple as it seems and as the main characters come to life after 850 years and interact with Daniel Maclise they also will have their say. <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Further information will be updated via the event site.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":26,"featured_media":10516,"template":"","class_list":["post-10515","event","type-event","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.9 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>The Marriage of Strongbow and Aoife 1170 - Creative Ireland Programme<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The Marriage of Strongbow and Aoife \u2013 commemorating the 850th anniversary of the marriage which changed the course of Irish history!\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.creativeireland.gov.ie\/en\/event\/the-marriage-of-strongbow-and-aoife-1170\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"The Marriage of Strongbow and Aoife 1170 - Creative Ireland Programme\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The Marriage of Strongbow and Aoife \u2013 commemorating the 850th anniversary of the marriage which changed the course of Irish history! 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