Production Archives - Navan Fort Heritage Apps

Setanta’s Challenge is the first of the two bilingual Navan Fort heritage apps. Setanta’s Challenge aims to bring the rich mythological heritage of Navan Fort to life for the under-12s. The app features an interactive treasure hunt and video footage that recount the adventures of Setanta/ Cú Chulainn at Navan Fort.

King Conor and his men are suffering from the curse of Macha and are trapped at the top of the mound. You must find Cú Chulainn’s weapons which are hidden around the fort to defeat Meabh’s spies and free King Conor and his men.

The following gallery contains photographs from filming Setanta’s Challenge video sequences. Antaine filmed the video for the app with the help of the Irish Arms …

: Red Branch Knights get ready for Battle

: Antaine films close-ups of the knights

: Antaine films close-ups of the knights

: Cú Chulainn with his hurling stick

: Cú Chulainn runs to catch his sliotar

: Culainn’s fierce hound in a quieter moment

: Cú Chulainn gets ready to fight

: Warriors get ready to fight

: Warriors battle on despite the rain

: Cú Chulainn runs into battle

: Antaine films a close-up of Cú Chulainn fighting

: Cú Chulainn finishes off his opponents

: Another casualty of Cú Chulainn

: Cú Chulainn feeds the Grey of Macha

: Cú Chulainn pets the Grey of Macha

: A chariot

: Cú Chulainn rides on the chariot

Antaine O’Donnaile from Macha Media and Ellen Bell from Digital Key joined CAIRDE Teo and the SEAS Enterprise group for a brainstorming session at the Newry & Mourne Enterprise Agency. After some initial research into the mythology and archaeology of the site, it was time to focus our efforts into shaping the themes and narratives for the Eamhain Mhacha Heritage Apps project. The brief is to create two interactive, multi-media mobile apps located at Navan Fort, one for young children and their families and the other for older teenagers and adults. The apps will contain multi-media resources in the form of adventure games triggered by satellite GPS. The apps will be for the benefit of the local community as well as tourists visiting the area and would be available in the Irish language as well as English.

: Antaine outlines the project to the SEAS Group

: Discussing the attractions of the Navan Fort site.

: Brainstorming the possible user groups.

: Ellen discusses the use of apps in heritage projects.

The aim of the brainstorming session was to ascertain which characteristics of Navan Fort made it unique and engaging for visitors. We needed to identify the learning outcomes and the themes to be used to engage each target audience. The session was broken down into stages in order to gradually build up a more detailed description of the target user and the content of the app.

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Navan Fort Heritage Apps

Bringing the heritage of Eamhain Mhacha to life

Category Archives: Production

Filming Setanta’s Challenge

Navan Fort Apps Brainstorm 1- themes