The 10-mile race is from the beach at Strandhill up the hill of Knocknarea to the cairn at the top reputed to be the grave of Queen Maeve. The terrain includes bog, forest and cliffs.

The Boys season 4 has premiered, and the fourth installment of the web show is already gaining a lot of attention. However, while the original cast has returned, the fans have been wondering Queen ...

As comic book readers will already know, there's much more to Queen Maeve than the Amazon adaptation of The Boys has been able to explore so far.

She was Maeve, the Queen of Connacht. He was Cúchulainn, the Hound of Ulster. Together they are the stars of the myth-epic Táin Bó Cuailnge, whose title translates as The Cattle Raid of Cooley.

Sligo County Council sought funding for the Queen Maeve Trail project at Knocknarea in order to support better management and custodianship of Queen Maeves Cairn at Knocknarea.

Maeve isn’t as diabolical as The Boys characters can be — in fact, she’s maybe the best hero they have. So why does season 3 of the Amazon Prime show undercut the weight of her story?

According to Irish mythology in pre-Christian times Queen Maeve led the warriors of Connacht into battle to claim the most famous bull in Ireland. The tale is known as the Cattle Raid of Cooley ...

One of Sligo’s best-known landmarks, reputed to be Queen’s Maeve’s grave, on the summit of Knocknarea, is being put at risk by increased volumes of walkers who climb the cairn, according to ...

Ireland is a nation of storytellers, and few regions are as steeped in literature and history as County Sligo. It's a place of ancient cairns and a warrior queen, where 2,000 monks died defending ...

As Sligo seeks to attain UNESCO World Heritage Status for Knocknarea, the importance of the mountain and Queen Maeve's Cairn, which sits on the summit, has been underlined by experts during recent ...

During the season three finale of The Boys, Queen Maeve (Dominique McElligott) risks her life to save everyone from Soldier Boy’s blast by launching herself and him out of a window. The series ...