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Tree rings and catastrophes - Irish myth, archa...
The following is a transcript of a conversation I had with Mike Baillie of Queen’s University, one of the foremost experts on dendrochronology. The study of tree rings in Irish...
Tree rings and catastrophes - Irish myth, archa...
The following is a transcript of a conversation I had with Mike Baillie of Queen’s University, one of the foremost experts on dendrochronology. The study of tree rings in Irish...
A beautiful display of northern lights between ...
Displays of aurora borealis (northern lights), which are very familiar to people living in the far north of the world in places like Alaska, northern Canada, Iceland and Scandinavia, are surprisingly...
A beautiful display of northern lights between ...
Displays of aurora borealis (northern lights), which are very familiar to people living in the far north of the world in places like Alaska, northern Canada, Iceland and Scandinavia, are surprisingly...
I think I might have found the Irish word for a...
I think I have found the Irish word or compound word for a henge. In the mythology of Brú na Bóinne, which has the world's largest concentration of henge monuments,...
I think I might have found the Irish word for a...
I think I have found the Irish word or compound word for a henge. In the mythology of Brú na Bóinne, which has the world's largest concentration of henge monuments,...
Another cropmark discovery at Newgrange Farm: G...
In April of 2022, I made a further discovery at Newgrange Farm. I photographed crop marks that had appeared unexpectedly in two of the fields there, one of which I...
Another cropmark discovery at Newgrange Farm: G...
In April of 2022, I made a further discovery at Newgrange Farm. I photographed crop marks that had appeared unexpectedly in two of the fields there, one of which I...
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 –...
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