I usually only go to the main visitor centre area but decided to do a loop of the area this time. It’s well worth a visit if you’re in the Tipp/Limerick area.
*There is no other spot in Ireland so rich in the evidence of prehistoric habitation and ceremony, and also in the mythic traditions of men and gods. Lough Gur is but 22 km (13.7 miles) from the bustle of the modern city of Limerick, but it stands centuries apart in its symbolic landscape, and millennia distant in its magnificent Bronze Age stone circle, the largest in Ireland. There also are remnants of Neolithic dwellings, artificial islands (crannógs), ruined castles and churches, immense pillar stones, and a wedge tomb that yielded evidence of a ritual sacrifice. All this closely surrounding a scenic lake reputed to harbor a magical realm beneath it.*
[https://voicesfromthedawn.com/lough-gur/](https://voicesfromthedawn.com/lough-gur/)
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It’s also a huge shame that a full loop can’t be made on foot from the visitor centre (signs barring entry at both sides). It would be a magnificent tourist attraction.