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Craggaunowen, Sixmilebridge

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See a Celtic farmstead at Craggaunowen, a carefully reconstructed lakeside village built next to a castle. An open-air museum with actors, this ring fort and early farmstead recreates life in the Bronze Age, while the castle dates back to around 1550. You'll see lots of traditional farming tools and techniques for making weapons. Check out the Brendan Boat, a representation of a vessel used by Saint Brendan of Clonfert to sail to Greenland in the 6th century. PutCraggaunowen into our Sixmilebridge tour itinerary builder site and find out what's close by, where to stay, and where to head next.
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  • By Manuzorr
    After a recommendation from our host, we spent a few hours here and it was definitely one of the memorable stops we had during our stay. It features ancient Irish architecture like a ring fort and a.....  more »
  • By Kathryn B
    This site has a small, restored castle, reconstructions of bronze and Stone Age villages and also the Brendan boat in which Tim Severin sailed the Atlantic. We found it fascinating and definitely...  more »
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  • By ciara Barber
    This was an amazing experience went there as a child as part of a school tour and even then blew me away. staff were amazing.we were unable to book online but they were able to give us a better price when we went in. Have a lovely coffee shop attached with homemade products. It definitely is a place to go see.
  • By david rooney
    Nice spot. Good coffee shop at the end too. Well worth a look
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