Paul Gosling: Galway-Mayo Institute of Technology (GMIT); Member of Institute of Archaeologists of Ireland (IAI)
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The Route of Táin Bó Cúailnge Redux |
The scope of Paul's talk will be twofold approach. During the course of this lecture he will briefly review the topographical evidence for the route followed by Queen Medb’s forces on Táin Bó Cúailnge. This epic cattle raid, from Crúachain (Tulsk, Co. Roscommon) via Scramoge, Termonbarry, Longford, Granard, Finnea, Fore, Crossakeel, Kells, Teltown, Rathkenny, Ardee and Dundalk to Cúailnge (Cooley, Co. Louth) is supposed to have occurred about the time of Christ’s birth.
A research paper on this topic is forthcoming in EMANIA: the Journal of the Navan Research Group (for details and a pre-print of same, see https://gmit.academia.edu/PaulGosling ).
Once this has been established Paul aims to then outline the current plans to redux, on foot, the whole route of Táin Bó Cúailnge from Tulsk to Omeath in late May - early June 2015. The talk will focus in particular on the challenges and opportunities of re-enactment as part of heritage tourism. This is being organised as part of the TÁIN MARCH Festival ( http://www.tainmarch.net ).
Paul Gosling lectures full-time on built heritage in the Department of Heritage and Tourism at the Galway-Mayo Institute of Technology. He is a professional archaeologist and a member of the Institute of Archaeologists of Ireland. His research interests are focused on archaeological survey and his published work includes reports and papers on the field monuments of Co. Galway and Clare Island, Co. Mayo, as well as the topography of a number of towns. His research on the toponymic aspects of Táin Bó Cúailnge is being published as a series of papers in the County Louth Archaeological & Historical Journal.
A research paper on this topic is forthcoming in EMANIA: the Journal of the Navan Research Group (for details and a pre-print of same, see https://gmit.academia.edu/PaulGosling ).
Once this has been established Paul aims to then outline the current plans to redux, on foot, the whole route of Táin Bó Cúailnge from Tulsk to Omeath in late May - early June 2015. The talk will focus in particular on the challenges and opportunities of re-enactment as part of heritage tourism. This is being organised as part of the TÁIN MARCH Festival ( http://www.tainmarch.net ).
Paul Gosling lectures full-time on built heritage in the Department of Heritage and Tourism at the Galway-Mayo Institute of Technology. He is a professional archaeologist and a member of the Institute of Archaeologists of Ireland. His research interests are focused on archaeological survey and his published work includes reports and papers on the field monuments of Co. Galway and Clare Island, Co. Mayo, as well as the topography of a number of towns. His research on the toponymic aspects of Táin Bó Cúailnge is being published as a series of papers in the County Louth Archaeological & Historical Journal.