Ancient Sites

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
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...
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 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...
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
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
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Mythical Ireland Monograph No.3: Fourknocks: archaeology, astronomy and mythology
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Revised and expanded edition of Mythical Ireland - New 2025 edition
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Mythical Ireland Monograph No.2: Bóinn, goddess of the Boyne and Milky Way (Signed Copy)
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Mythical Ireland Monograph No. 1: Finn and the Salmon of Knowledge (Signed Copy)
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