County Meath, Ireland
Brú na Bóinne / Boyne Valley
Ancient monuments, the Boyne and some of Ireland's deepest mythology.
Connects multiple cards
Connected Celtic Clash cards
Association: Mythological landscape
The legend
The Boyne landscape is woven into numerous strands of Irish mythology.
The Dagda belongs to the mythological world surrounding Brú na Bóinne, while the River Boyne is central to the familiar tradition of Fionn mac Cumhaill and the Salmon of Knowledge.
Rather than claiming that individual magical relics have been archaeologically discovered here, Celtic Clash uses the wider Boyne landscape to connect these stories with a real place.
The real place
Brú na Bóinne contains Newgrange, Knowth, Dowth and one of Europe's most significant prehistoric archaeological landscapes.
Its monuments are real prehistoric structures. Their later mythological associations belong to Irish literary and cultural tradition.
Why it matters in Celtic Clash
This destination demonstrates that several apparently separate Celtic Clash cards belong to an interconnected mythological world.
Visit the place
Use the official visitor infrastructure for Brú na Bóinne and check current access arrangements before travelling.
No legendary relic has been archaeologically recovered here; the mythology belongs to literary and cultural tradition.