Located in the heart of the county, Navan
Centre and Fort was one of the great royal sites of pre-Christian Gaelic Ireland
and the capital of the ancient province of Ulaid. The history of Navan Fort is a
veritable Who’s Who of Irish myths and legends with the likes of Cú Chulainn, King
Conchobar MacNessa, Queen Mebh, Deirdre of the Sorrows and teenage heart-throbs
the Red Branch Warriors all hanging around the fort at various points in its history.
Nowadays, an interpretive centre on the
site of Navan Centre and Fort offers visitors a unique interpretation of this history
with exhibitions packed full of facts and fables, artefacts and activities, as well
as recreations of many of the dwellings of the time along with demonstrations of
their old ways of weaving, cooking and farming. So much effort has gone in to recreate
the exact ancient experience, the only real criticism you could make is that the
Fort doesn’t have the severed heads of enemies hanging from its walls.
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