In my 1997 edition of the Dorling Kindersley Eyewitness Travel Guide to Ireland:
"Craggaunowen
The Craggaunowen Project, known as 'Craggaunowen: the Living Past' and designed to bring Bronze Age and Celtic culture to life, is a shining example of a recreated prehistoric site. The centre was created in the grounds of Craggaunowen Castle in the 1960s by John Hunt, a noted archaeologist who had been inspired by his excavations at Lough Gur..... The castle's tower house contains bronzes and other objects from Hunt's archaeological collection, the rest of which can be seen in Limerick.
At Craggaunowen, people in costume act out particular trades, such as spinning or potting, or serve as guides. A French slave describes how communities lived in the ring fort, a typical early Christian homestead. You can also see meat being prepared in the fulacht fiadh, a traditional hunter's cooking hole.
The complex includes part of a togher, an original Iron Age timber road that was discovered in Longford. The most eye-catching sight, however, is the crannog ..... , a man-made island enclosing wattle and daub houses - a style of defensive homestead that survived until around 1600.
Another interesting exhibit is a leather-hulled boat built in the 1970s by the explorer, Tim Severin. He used it to retrace the route which legend says St Brendan took in a similar vessel across the Atlantic in the 6th century."
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