A well-known content creator and author is encouraging people to visit the unusual attractions in the region.
Mullingar native Brinsley McNamara runs the a social media page with over 200,000 followers, and visits lesser known areas of the country. Cavan and Monaghan feature heavily in Brinsley's new book, Weird Ireland; an unofficial guide to the island,. Phenomena like Cavan Cola and the world's largest Irish breakfast in the Hard Boiled Egg Cafe in Cavan are also included.
Speaking on the Joe Finnegan show earlier, Brinsley also told the story of the Black Pig's Dyke in Monaghan
"Overall, it's a serious of earthworks that stretch across counties Monaghan, Cavan, all across the Northern region. There's a good chance it was a series of fortifications to keep cattle raiders away however there is a very popular folk tale that it was either created by a giant worm or snake that was burrowing it's way through the country, or it was created by a giant boar, like a pig, with its tusks ripping up the earth, hence the Black Pig's Dyke".
