Story entry 6 of 6. Read all to get the full (summarized) story about Killaloe's local fairy queen.
And as it is told, Aoibhell can still be seen dancing and leaping at her moon rock in Kincora, County Clare, for it is known as a strange and eerie place, and beware should you hear a golden harp!
Now you have heard the tale of Aoibhell, fairy queen of love. Can you find her moon rock?
This is the sixth of six caches in the twin-villages of Ballina, County Tipperary, and Killaloe, County Clare, which face each other across an 18th-century bridge. A bonus seventh one, large enough for trackables and more, can be found only by locating all of the six. Each cache contains a piece of a standard DMS (Degrees, Minutes, Seconds) latitude, longitude coordinate when combined give the location of the seventh.
- Aoibhell agus Dál gCais
- Aoibhell agus Dubhlaing uí Artigan
- Aoibhell agus Cú Chulainn
- Aoibhell agus an chúirt meán oíche
- Aoibhell agus Cliona
- Aoibhell agus Kincora
- Carraig Aoibhell (bonus)
Each cache could be handled as a quick park-n-grab, or taken as a nice walk through the two villages starting at "Aoibhell agus Dál gCais'" and stopping for tea at any of the fine coffee houses as a treat after finding the final one at "Aoibhell agus Kincora". The total distance is approximately 1.6 km one way (3 km round trip) starting from the playground parking, meandering along the lake on the Ballina side before strolling across the bridge and traipsing through Killaloe.
The cache at "Aoibhell agus Kincora" is a magnetic nano container. Bring your own pencil. Enjoy the hunt!