Quin, Kilmurry, Co. Clare

Tel: (061) 360 788 

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If exploring modern-day Ireland is too everyday, then step into the past at Craggaunowen, and see what life was like for our Celtic ancestors over 1,000 years ago. Visitors of all ages will enjoy a trip to the Crannóg – the artificial island dwelling with a hidden underwater path – and marvel at how the Celts lived, experience the lives of hunter-gatherers at the Ring Fort, and visit the Brendan Boat, which Tim Severin sailed to replicate the transatlantic journey taken by St Brendan and Christian monks long before Columbus. School was never quite like this; prepare for the most fun educational experience of a lifetime.