Queen Medb Conference

  This Visitors Centre is a real find for anyone interested in the Celts and the Iron Age or generally any aspect of Ireland's rural heritage. I was so impressed with... read more the quality of interpretation at the centre. The clarity and layout of the interpretation panels,...More

  This site is nominated as a Unesco World Heritage Site for a reason. This is the epicenter of the greatest oral epic in Irish History - Ireland's equivalent of the... read more Battle of Troy- The Cattle Raid of Cooley (in Irish, "An Táin Bó Cuailnge"). Queen...More

  Our visit to Rathcroghan combined myth, history and archeology to provide a wonderful appreciation of this exceptional site. Our guide, Mike, gave us a lively account of the Táin and... read more the probable design and use of the ancient monuments. He transformed the green hill of...More

  We always try to look in on the visitor centre when we are in Ireland, but this time we booked in on the tour they arrange of some of the... read more nearby sites. This was well worth the effort. Elaine our tour guide was excellent giving an overview of the history, archaeology and mythology of the area. The highlight for me was opportunity to enter the 'Irish Underworld' of myth - the cave of Oweynagat.
For anyone who has an interest in ancient history, this is a must.

  Dissapointing, this was the worst visitor centre we have been in since we arrived. There was no access to the mound outside and the cave which was the reason we... read more stopped. There were a couple of short films inside and models etc plus a gift shop and cafe of course. The only plus point was there were clean toilets.

  I'm delighted we took the day to head west to visit the Rathcrogan complex. The tour with Mike was excellent - a wonderful mix of archaeology, mythology and wisecracks. We... read more followed it with a lovely and inexpensive meal in the café. The visitor centre is superb, the displays and decor particularly impressive. Staff were very friendly and helpful. Advice to future visitors is to bring plenty of layers - it's getting bitter at his time of year - and your worst old clothes for the the cave.

  A friend of ours suggested we visit the site if possible, and after looking it up we opted to rework the second leg of our trip to make it here.... read more We opted for the tour, and it ended up being one of our absolute highlights (and a new scale to measure subsequent and previous tour guides against...!). Daniel was fun, informative and evidently very passionate. It was an absolute privilege to visit these historic sites with such an excellent guide, and if you have the opportunity please do take the tour through Rathcroghan!

  Great food served by friendly staff who are delighted to share their extensive knowledge on Queen Maebh and other local history. I would highly recommend a visit.

  What a great place! Started out with lunch there, and food and service was wonderful. After that we had a tour of the center, led by Mike. Was a very... read more informative and enjoyable tour. They also have a very nice gift shop. Highly recommend!

  We sort of stumbled upon Rathcroghan, but spent almost the entire day there, with our guide, Daniel Curley (who co-wrote the guidebook available for sale). He has amazing knowledge,... read more and it helped put the timeline of Irish history into perspective. His insight was phenominal. The site itself is huge, and requires that you provide your own vehicle. But the scenery, history and massiveness of the entire royal site is beyond belief. I only wish we had been wearing clothes that we could get dirty going into the cave!