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Craggaunowen - The Living Past is an archaeological open air museum in County Clare Ireland, started by John Hunt. The park, comprising a picturesque lake and idyllic woodland, is host to several examples of early historic dwelling places such as a Crannóg (A man made island dwelling place that came into being in the Early Iron Age with some showing usage through to 17th Century. Their main usage being around the 6th Century) and Ringfort (Similar period coverage to Crannóg) and examples of replica Fulachta Fia (Bronze Age cooking and industrial site), Dolmen (Neolithic portal tomb) and Standing Stone (Ogham Stone). The site is also home to 'The Brendan', a reconstruction of a leather hulled boat, sailed by Saint Brendan, that is reputed to have made the journey from Ireland to Newfoundland in Canada in the Mid 6th Century AD.
It is located 10 km east of Quin, County Clare, adjacent to Craggaunowen Castle, a typical example of a 16th Century fortified towerhouse.
The name Craggaunowen derives from its Irish name Creagán Eoghain (Owen's little rocky hill).
See also
There is a reconstruction of a crannóg at Loch Tay in Scotland at the Scottish Crannog Centre.
External links
Museums and Galleries in the Republic of Ireland An Post Museum · Craggaunowen · Chester Beatty Library · Cobh Heritage Centre · Connemara Heritage and History Centre · Crawford Municipal Art Gallery · Donegal County Museum · Donegal Railway Centre · The Douglas Hyde Gallery · Dublin City Gallery The Hugh Lane · Dublin Writers Museum · Galway City Museum · Hunt Museum · Irish Jewish Museum · Irish Museum of Modern Art · James Joyce Centre · James Joyce Tower and Museum · Kerry County Museum · Kilmainham Gaol · Marsh's Library · Museum of Country Life · National Gallery of Ireland · National Leprechaun Museum · National Library of Ireland · National Maritime Museum of Ireland · National Museum of Ireland · National Photographic Archive · National Print Museum of Ireland · National Transport Museum of Ireland · National Wax Museum · Natural History Museum · Pearse Museum · Science Gallery · State Heraldic Museum · Temple Bar Gallery and Studios · Waterford Museum of Treasures
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- Museums in County Clare
- Archaeology museums in the Republic of Ireland
- Open air museums in the Republic of Ireland
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