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Cruachán or Rathcroghan is situated on the main Dublin to Mayo road, the N5, a couple of miles west of the village of Tulsk. It is one of the three ancient burial sites of Iron Age Ireland and was once the home of Medb the Warrior Queen, who initiated the event that we know today as the Cattle Raid of Cooley, "Táin Bó Cúailnge" or "The Táin" for short. Cruachán was the inauguration site of the High Kings of Connacht and was known to be the site of the entrance to the underworld and a sacred landscape, steeped in mystery and legend. In the village of Tulsk is the interpretive centre for Rathcroghan called "Cruachán Aí", which has an audiovisual display, books and a coffee shop. The items illustrated on this page are from our collection of Rathcroghan material. We also possess a small file of newspaper cuttings about the area. We welcome additional material. Please contact us. The latest works on Rathcroghan.
"Rathcroghan. Archaeological & geophysical survey in a ritual landscape" by John Waddell, Joseph Fenwick & Kevin Barton. Wordwell. 2009. Heritage Guide No. 44. "Rathcroghan, Co. Roscommon where the Táin Bó Cúailnge began" by John Waddell. Illustrated guide to latest Rathcroghan research. Issued free to subscribers of Archaeology Ireland. Summer 2009.
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"Notes on Crouchan Aí (sic) & Carnfree, Co. Roscommon" by T. G. Dillon MD. 8 pages with map. Alex Thom & Co. Ltd., Dublin 1924.
"Rathcroghan and Carnfree. Celtic Royal Sites in Roscommon" by Michael Herity. 40 pages. Na Clocha Breach, Dublin. No date.
"Emania - Bulletin of the Navan Research Group" Number five. Autumn 1988. Focus on Rathcroghan includes the articles: "Rathcroghan in Connacht" by John Waddell: "Crúachu, Connachta and the Ulster Cycle" by Ruairí Ó hUiginn: "Teach ndaruch. The Fall of the House of Oak" by J.P. Mallory & M.G.L. Baillie and: "A Provisional Checklist of Crúachain in the Annals" by J.P. Mallory.
Heritage Guide No. 22. "Oweynagat - the Cave of Cruachain: an entrance to the Otherworld in County Roscommon" "Archaeology Ireland" magazine.
"The Celtic Royal Site of Rathcroghan" Award Winning Heritage Project by students at Rathcroghan National School. 2005. CD.
"The Rathcroghan Conservation Plan" Draft plan by Oxford Archaeology for The Dept. of Environment, Heritage & Local Government. 2006.
Other references we have in our archive: "The Innermost Secrets of Rathcroghan Mound" by Joe Fenwick et. al. in "Archaeology Ireland" Summer 2006.
"The Routes Described in the Story Called Táin Bó Flidhais" by R.B. Aldridge, in "The Journal of the Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland" Vol. XCI. Part 1. 1961. (page 117 to 127).
For Rathcroghan Postcards - follow this link
If you have any further material for Rathcroghan or Cruachán Aí or Tulsk, please contact us.
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Cruachán Aí Visitor Centre.
The Story of Cruachan (available in multiple languages - 2009).
Discovery Programme Dig at Tulsk. Preliminary Report. See Archaeology Link.
Myth & Legend. Táin Bó Flidhais & Táin Bó Cúailnge.
"Some Ogam-Stones in Connaught" by Principal Rhys. (Includes Rathcroghan). From: Journal of Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland (No issue or date: Read: June 1898).
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