Knocknarea – Queen Medb’s Tomb

Situated within the Knocknarea passage tomb landscape in Sligo, lies a cairn spanning 35 feet high and 200 feet in diameter, with a legend supposedly resting beneath. This is said to be Queen Medb’s burial place, the legendary war goddess of Celtic Myth who appears in the Ulster Cycle. Medb leads the epic Táin bó Cuailnge against the Ulster forces for the possession of the brown bull of Cooley...