What is recorded here

Dermot & Granias Bed is a ruined wedge tomb in County Clare, Ireland. Its name suggests two people, perhaps lovers or rivals, whose story became so strong it replaced the dead inside. The stones still lean across the field like a sentence broken in half, waiting for someone to finish telling it.

See linked document with details from Ruaidhrí de Valera and Seán Ó Nualláin, Survey of the Megalithic Tombs of Ireland. Volume I. County Clare. (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1961) Date of upload: 30 December 2011

Portal dolmen; likely dates to the Neolithic period. Its significance lies in contributing to the understanding of megalithic tomb distribution and construction in western Ireland.

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