Rathcroghan aerial

Aerial shot of Rathcroghan Mound, filmed for the Rathcroghan Visitor Centre, Tulsk, Co. Roscommon. This is the central monument of the Rathcroghan Complex of prehistoric monuments. Rathcroghan is one of Irelands major Royal Sites, alongside Tara, Navan Fort, Dun Ailinne and Cashel. It is also a key location in the great Iron Age epic, the Táin Bó Cuailgne, being the royal site of the Kings of Connacht,and thus of Queen Medbh, who launched the great cattle raid depicted in the Táin.