Craggaunowen

  • Craggaunowen 810 x 456

Craggaunowen is an award winning archaeological open air museum centred around a 16th Century Towerhouse. It is set in 50 acres of idyllic woodland with a picturesque lake and is host to several examples of early historic dwelling places.

The park, started by John Hunt, is set in 50 acres of idyllic woodland with a picturesque lake and is host to several examples of early historic dwelling places.

The Park interprets several features commonly found in the Irish archaeological landscape, by the recreation of several homesteads and monuments.

The primary features are a crannóg; a type of man made island dwelling place that came into being in the Bronze Age with some showing usage through to 17th Century. Their main usage being around the 7th century, a ring fort; these also show evidence of having similar period coverage to the crannógs, a replica Fulachta Fia (Bronze Age cooking and/or industrial site), a Dolmen (Neolithic Portal Tomb) and Standing Stone.

The visitor site is also home to The Brendan, a reconstruction of a leather hulled boat that is reputed to have been sailed by Saint Brendan from Ireland to Newfoundland in Canada in the Mid 6th Century AD. The Brendan reconstruction made the same journey in the Mid 70's.

Opening Times: Open daily from Easter Saturday to August from 10am-5pm. Last admission 4pm.

Location: The park is located approximately 30km from Limerick City.

Address

Quin, Co. Clare (30km from Limerick City)

Telephone
Email
More Info

Want to Submit a Listing?

Limerick.ie is sharing the story of Limerick. If you have an event, amenity (attraction, service, community group, or business) or a good news story about Limerick city or your town in County Limerick, you can now submit the details.

Submit Content
Treaty Stone Limerick. Photo Piotr Machowczyk