Knocknarea (/nɒknəˈreɪ/; Irish: Cnoc na Riabh) is a large prominent hill west of Sligo town in County Sligo, Ireland, with a height of 327 metres (1,073 ft)...
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in Miosgán Médhbh, a 40-foot (12 m) high stone cairn on the summit of Knocknarea (Cnoc na Ré in Irish) in County Sligo. Supposedly, she is buried upright...
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Meva and also called Maeve's Cairn, is a large cairn on the summit of Knocknarea in County Sligo, Ireland. It is thought to conceal a passage tomb from...
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Maeve, Miosgán Médhbh, dominates the western skyline from the crest of Knocknarea Mountain. The Caves of Kesh, famous in Irish mythology, are in south County...
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The biggest cairn in Ireland, Maeve's Cairn on Knocknarea....
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of an ancient ritual landscape which is dominated by the mountain of Knocknarea to the west. It is a protected National Monument. Placed on a small plateau...
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which all classes of Irish megalithic monuments are to be found together. Knocknarea mountain, capped by the great cairn of Miosgan Maeve, dominates the skyline...
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Yeats wrote the following in The Celtic Twilight: But for Ben Bulben and Knocknarea, Many a poor sailor'd be cast away. The mountain is also mentioned in...
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acts as the focus of the Carrowmore passage tomb complex. To the west is Knocknarea with Miosgán Médhbh and to the east the two great cairns on Cairns hill...
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income the bureau said was derived from criminal activity. His house on Knocknarea Avenue, Drimnagh was seized. In October 2000 he was one of a group of...
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Andhra Pradesh Amadiya, Kurdistan Region Kings Mountain, County Sligo Knocknarea, County Sligo Knocknashee, County Sligo Masada, Southern District Har...
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Knocknacrow, Knocknadona, Knocknagarvan, Knocknagulliagh, Knocknahinch, Knocknarea, Knocksoghey Ladyhill, Lagavara, Lagflugh, Lagmore, Lambeg North, Landhead...
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[citation needed] Sligo Airport is located on the bay's shore, at the foot of Knocknarea, a hill which overlooks the peninsula between Sligo Harbour and Ballysadare...
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land to the shore in 1936. Strandhill is situated at the western base of Knocknarea on the Cúil Irra (Coolera) peninsula in Sligo Bay, 7 km (4 mi) west of...
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Tuatha Dé Danann drove them to Connacht. Sites such as the Céide Fields, Knocknarea, Listoghil, Carrowkeel Megalithic Cemetery and Rathcroghan, all demonstrate...
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Ipswich Regent Theatre 27 November 2014 Hull Hull City Hall 28 November 2014 Redhill Harlequin Theatre 5 December 2014 Ireland Sligo Knocknarea Arena...
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Roscommon Dartry Mountains – Counties Sligo and Leitrim Benbulben Truskmore Knocknarea – County Sligo Maumturks – County Galway Letterbreckaun Binn idir an dá...
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The 30,000-tonne tomb of Queen Médb, known as Miosgán Médhbh, sits atop Knocknarea mountain and is clearly visible from much of northern Sligo, making it...
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Coney Island Native name: Inis Uí Mhaolchluiche Overview from Knocknarea Coney Island Location in Ireland Geography Location Atlantic Ocean Coordinates...
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39972 (Knockroe) passage tomb Knocknarea Sligo 54°15′32″N 8°34′29″W / 54.25891°N 8.57463°W / 54.25891; -8.57463 (Knocknarea) various - Knowth (part of...
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Ox Mountains Sliabh Gamh View of the Ox Mountains from Knocknarea Highest point Peak Knockalongy Elevation 544 m (1,785 ft) Coordinates 54°10′N 8°50′W...
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Lynam found his love for mountaineering, and climbed his first mountain - Knocknarea, County Sligo - with his aunt. At 18, Lynam joined the British army and...
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although the Middle Irish poem Caithréim Cellaig says he was buried on Knocknarea and reburied on an island in Lough Gill. Animal and human bones were discovered...
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monuments are often oriented northwest, towards the area of Cúil Irra, Knocknarea and Carrowmore. Twelve more passage tombs are located within a radius...
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the Neolithic, making it contemporaneous with Miosgán Meadhbha atop Knocknarea. The cairn is a large flat-topped cairn 60 m (200 ft) by 55 m (180 ft)...
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reopening under phase one were Cong Abbey, Farmleigh, Kilkenny Castle, Knocknarea, the National Botanic Gardens and Trim Castle. 18 May – Ireland entered...
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Slieve na Calliagh, and, in County Sligo, Queen Meave's Tomb and the Knocknarea passage tomb. In 1892 the OPW was given general powers concerning any...
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afterwards. He was buried standing up in pagan style at Ráith Ua Fiachrach on Knocknarea with his red spear in his hand as a challenge to the northern Uí Néill...
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the Generated Soul To Janey Address Unknown Wildflowers Let to Live on Knocknarea Words to Accompany a Leaf from the Great Copper Bridge at Coole To the...
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