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An easy to read Guide to the Archaeology and History of the sites at Rathcroghan and Carnfree, County Roscommon, Ireland. This area includes in over 200 ancient monuments; the Celtic Royal residence of the Warrior Queen and Goddess, Maeve (Medb); and the inaugration place of the Gaelic clan O'Conor, who ruled the region from Tulsk, Co Roscommon.
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Professor Michael Herity teaches Archaeology at University College, Dublin, where he was Dean of celtic Studies from 1984 to 1990. A specialist in the irish Stone Age and its European background, and in the history of Irish antiquanarianism, he has also studied Celtic Royal Sites and the layout and features of Irish hermitages and monsteries.
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Rathcroghan/Cruachan is still a focus of history and spirituality today. The site area extends for approximately 10 sq kilometres (4 sq miles), and contains up to 200 ancient earthworks, track-ways, standing stones, tombs, mounds and ring barrows, spanning over 6,000 years.
It has been proposed, after the study of the various ancient texts, that this whole citadel is the legendary court of Kings and Queens of Connacht, including the infamous Medb, the Warrior Queen.
Cruachan is at least as important as Tara, seat of the High Kings of Ireland. This is due to consistency of occupation here, through the ages, and the unique quality of preservation to be found throughout the sites. An equality with Newgrange is attested to in a poem found in the Book of the Dun Cow (Lebor na hUidre).
This book is an excellent and informative guide to the archaeology and history of this fascinating area in the heart of the West of Ireland. --Cruachan Ai Heritage Centre, Tulsk, Co Roscommon.
It has been proposed, after the study of the various ancient texts, that this whole citadel is the legendary court of Kings and Queens of Connacht, including the infamous Medb, the Warrior Queen.
Cruachan is at least as important as Tara, seat of the High Kings of Ireland. This is due to consistency of occupation here, through the ages, and the unique quality of preservation to be found throughout the sites. An equality with Newgrange is attested to in a poem found in the Book of the Dun Cow (Lebor na hUidre).
This book is an excellent and informative guide to the archaeology and history of this fascinating area in the heart of the West of Ireland. --Cruachan Ai Heritage Centre, Tulsk, Co Roscommon.
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- PublisherCruachan Press
- Publication date2008
- ISBN 10 0955902509
- ISBN 13 9780955902505
- BindingPaperback
- Number of pages41
- EditorLora O'Brien
- IllustratorGerry Bracken
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