Knocknarea 👣 Queen Maeve's Trail & Tomb

The trail that loops around Knocknarea is known as Queen Maeve’s Trail - an Irish warrior queen from over 2,000 years ago. She was the Queen of Connacht, and the myths that surround her are as wild as the west coast landscape.

It is said that when Maeve died, she was laid to rest atop Knocknarea, standing upright, spear in hand, facing her enemies in Ulster.

The cairn on top of the hill is certainly big enough to have buried Maeve in such a way - the enormous stone mound is over 10 meters tall, 60 meters wide, and is estimated to be made up of 30,000 tons of stone.

All along this trail you’ll find info boards and QR codes that tell of Queen Maeve’s life, her role in An Tain, and the stories she’s inspired since.

We’ve even encountered Queen Maeve’s legacy in the trails we’ve walked before. The third trail we ever walked as Tough Soles was The Tain Way, a 40km trail that loops around the Cooley mountains, where she stole the brown bull from, with the very trail being named after the cattle raid.

Learn more about the trail: sligowalks.ie/walks/qmt/


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