Rathcroghan
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Rathcroghan is a complex of archaeological sites near Tulsk in County Roscommon, Ireland. It is identified as the site of Cruachan, the traditional capital of the Connachta, the prehistoric and early
Aerial view of the Mucklaghs
Cruachan is strongly associated with queen Medb.
Ogham inscription on the lintel of Oweynagat
Medb
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Medb, later spelled Meadhbh, Méabh and Méibh, and often anglicised as Maeve, is queen of Connacht in the Ulster Cycle of Irish mythology. Her husband in the core stories of the cycle is Ailill mac Mát
Rathcroghan
…being one of the island's three great pagan cemeteries. It is also the location for the beginning and end of the Táin Bó Cúailnge and the royal seat of Medb, a mythical queen of Connacht. Rathcroghan is said to be an entrance to the Otherworld, or one of "Ireland's Gates to Hell" (not to be confused with…
Queen Meave and the Druid by Stephen Reid, from Eleanor Hull's The Boys' Cuchulainn (1904)
Miosgán Médhbh (Medb's cairn) at Knocknarea