Giant’s Lair Legendary Trail

Who Stole Carol’s Cookies?

It’s well known that magic folk like sweet treats, especially cookies. Alas some of the magic folk in Slieve Gullion Forest Park are a bit naughty and one of them has run off with a number of Carol’s freshly baked cookies! Carol is so upset she can’t even remember what flavour cookies are missing. So we need your help to solve the mystery of the missing cookies!
  • This Whodunit Hunt is a self-guided magical mystery trail on foot for families with young childen.
  • Explore the Giant’s Lair trail of Slieve Gullion Forest Park in County Down and search for clues to solve the mystery of the missing cookies. Learn about the legendary giant Fionn Mac Cumhaill, experience the land of the fairies both big and small, play some music too; parents can also enjoy great panoramic views of the countryside.
  • The clue route is just over 1 mile long, or 1.7 km. It starts at the main car park of this forest park (note, £5 entrance fee for cars if you don’t have an annual pass).
  • Whodunit Hunt booklet packed with 16 clues to solve as well as a couple of extra snippets of trivia! We’ll help you with two clues (by email) if you get stuck.
  • Incredible value for a family at only £3.99 for a trail booklet… and definitely something different to do! Some clues might even help your young kids to count!
  • The recommended time for this mystery trail is 1 – 1 ½ hours… depending upon how much energy your kids have! Allow time at the end for them to indulge at the playpark. There’s a good coffee shop here for assorted refreshments, including lunches.
  • Accessibility – much of the path has inclines, some fairly steep… but certainly navigable for young kids (we’ve seen ’em)!

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The starting point, and where to park, are both shown in the map below:

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For Young Kids!

We appreciate our murder-mystery themed trails may not be suitable for children below 8 years old (as per the Cluedo board game guidance), even though clues are family-friendly and recently we’ve heard via feedback that kids as young as seven have really enjoyed them.

So we thought we’d launch some magical mystery trails aimed at younger kids! The theme for these trails is fantasy / fairy land, with magical folk suspected of taking cookies to a secret place to be eaten later. Your young team have to figure out who took the cookies, what flavour were taken, and where the cookies have been hidden.

Our first kids trail is at Slieve Gullion Forest Park, County Down – the Giant’s Lair Legendary Whodunit Hunt explores a trail where you can test young powers of observation while learning about the legend of Fionn Mac Cumhaill.

Our latest kids trail, just launched, is at Pomeroy Forest near Dungannon. Explore a fairy tale trail, see magnificant wood carvings, enjoy lots of playpark areas too!

Our kids trails are mini-booklets with around 16-17 clues to solve, so not too many to tire them out or get bored. We think they’re incredible value for a family too at only £3.99 for a trail booklet… and definitely something different to do too! The map below shows you where these kids trails are.


(c) 2023 – the term ‘Whodunit Hunt’, associated logo, website content, and all Whodunit Hunt routes, ideas, photos, are all protected by copyright. Any copying, impersonation or distribution of anything embraced by our copyright is intellectual theft and therefore unlawful and illegal. Please respect the law as well as all of our hard work.