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There were no snakes in Ireland when Saint Patr...
The widespread belief that Saint Patrick banished snakes from Ireland is not based in reality. There were no snakes, and very few reptiles in Ireland when he came here in...
There were no snakes in Ireland when Saint Patr...
The widespread belief that Saint Patrick banished snakes from Ireland is not based in reality. There were no snakes, and very few reptiles in Ireland when he came here in...
The legend of the arrival of three sacred cows ...
Lady Wilde recorded a fascinating legend in the 19th century concerning the prophecied arrival of three sacred cows – a white cow, a red cow and a black cow –...
The legend of the arrival of three sacred cows ...
Lady Wilde recorded a fascinating legend in the 19th century concerning the prophecied arrival of three sacred cows – a white cow, a red cow and a black cow –...
Another possible monument discovered – but this...
I may have found an unrecorded Bronze Age barrow monument in a drone photograph. However, the photograph was not taken by me. It was captured by Peter Nagy of DRONE...
Another possible monument discovered – but this...
I may have found an unrecorded Bronze Age barrow monument in a drone photograph. However, the photograph was not taken by me. It was captured by Peter Nagy of DRONE...
Loughcrew conservation: we need to think about ...
The Meath Chronicle newspaper recently ran a two-page feature article on a campaign by Lar Dooley and others to put a proper conservation management plan in place for the Neolithic...
Loughcrew conservation: we need to think about ...
The Meath Chronicle newspaper recently ran a two-page feature article on a campaign by Lar Dooley and others to put a proper conservation management plan in place for the Neolithic...
If the stones could speak, what story would the...
The megalithic art of Newgrange is abstract and mysterious. The decorated stones of Síd in Broga appear to tell a story, but if the stones could speak, what story would...
If the stones could speak, what story would the...
The megalithic art of Newgrange is abstract and mysterious. The decorated stones of Síd in Broga appear to tell a story, but if the stones could speak, what story would...
Happy Imbolc. Spring is in the air!
Happy Imbolc! Spring is announcing its arrival with a beautiful dawn chorus, a higher and stronger sun and longer days. The sun's race up the horizon towards summer has begun....
Happy Imbolc. Spring is in the air!
Happy Imbolc! Spring is announcing its arrival with a beautiful dawn chorus, a higher and stronger sun and longer days. The sun's race up the horizon towards summer has begun....