Ancient Sites

Fourknocks - Na Fuar Cnoic

Fourknocks - Na Fuar Cnoic

Fourknocks is a small Neolithic burial mound in southeastern County Meath. The mound is part of a complex of small sites in the area, and is significant to Newgrange because...

Fourknocks - Na Fuar Cnoic

Fourknocks is a small Neolithic burial mound in southeastern County Meath. The mound is part of a complex of small sites in the area, and is significant to Newgrange because...

Slane and the Celebration of Easter

Slane and the Celebration of Easter

As we celebrate Easter, it’s worth bearing in mind that Christianity began in Ireland, according to traditional accounts, at the Hill of Slane, when Saint Patrick lit the Paschal Fire...

Slane and the Celebration of Easter

As we celebrate Easter, it’s worth bearing in mind that Christianity began in Ireland, according to traditional accounts, at the Hill of Slane, when Saint Patrick lit the Paschal Fire...

Sligo: Carrowkeel, Carrowmore, and Queen Medb's Cairn

Sligo: Carrowkeel, Carrowmore, and Queen Medb's...

In the autumn of 2020, I went on something of a megalithic odyssey to County Sligo, to see some of our most ancient stone age monuments in the spectacular setting...

Sligo: Carrowkeel, Carrowmore, and Queen Medb's...

In the autumn of 2020, I went on something of a megalithic odyssey to County Sligo, to see some of our most ancient stone age monuments in the spectacular setting...

Dronehenge: Huge Prehistoric Monuments Found Near Newgrange

Dronehenge: Huge Prehistoric Monuments Found Ne...

In 2018, a summer heatwave dried the land of the Boyne Valley in Ireland, revealing the shadows of previously unknown circular enclosures in the landscape surrounding the world-famous site of...

Dronehenge: Huge Prehistoric Monuments Found Ne...

In 2018, a summer heatwave dried the land of the Boyne Valley in Ireland, revealing the shadows of previously unknown circular enclosures in the landscape surrounding the world-famous site of...

The Lia Fáil - Mystery Screeching Stone of Tara brought by The Tuatha Dé Danann

The Lia Fáil - Mystery Screeching Stone of Tara...

The Lia Fáil, known as the Stone of Destiny, sits atop An Forradh (The King's Seat) at the Hill of Tara, Co. Meath, pictured here at sunset. The stone, according...

The Lia Fáil - Mystery Screeching Stone of Tara...

The Lia Fáil, known as the Stone of Destiny, sits atop An Forradh (The King's Seat) at the Hill of Tara, Co. Meath, pictured here at sunset. The stone, according...

Baltray Standing Stones

Baltray Standing Stones

Two standing stones near the village of Baltray overlook the Irish Sea and the Boyne Estuary. In 1999, three Drogheda men discovered a winter solstice sunrise alignment at the stones....

Baltray Standing Stones

Two standing stones near the village of Baltray overlook the Irish Sea and the Boyne Estuary. In 1999, three Drogheda men discovered a winter solstice sunrise alignment at the stones....

Anthony's Books on Ireland's Ancient Sites

Anthony Murphy is the author of ten books, including works of non-fiction and fiction. As of 2024, all of these books are in print or available for digital download.