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Reading from Sir James G. Frazer's 'The Golden Bough' - an insight into Irish myths?

Reading from Sir James G. Frazer's 'The Golden ...

Over the past few weeks, I have been reading excerpts from the wonderful The Golden Bough by James George Frazer on Live Irish Myths, the weekly livestream about Irish mythology.

Reading from Sir James G. Frazer's 'The Golden ...

Over the past few weeks, I have been reading excerpts from the wonderful The Golden Bough by James George Frazer on Live Irish Myths, the weekly livestream about Irish mythology.

Spectral forms in the dark at Dowth and unintended photographic ghosts

Spectral forms in the dark at Dowth and uninten...

While photographing the famous Stone of the Seven Suns at Dowth in the twilight, I captured some ghostly or spectral forms, showing a face. Had I photographed the spirits of...

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Spectral forms in the dark at Dowth and uninten...

While photographing the famous Stone of the Seven Suns at Dowth in the twilight, I captured some ghostly or spectral forms, showing a face. Had I photographed the spirits of...

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Dowth Henge - another solstice alignment at Brú na Bóinne that is often forgotten

Dowth Henge - another solstice alignment at Brú...

While all the focus of winter solstice is on Newgrange today, there is another monument at Brú na Bóinne with apparent alignments on midsummer sunrise and midwinter sunset. The Dowth...

Dowth Henge - another solstice alignment at Brú...

While all the focus of winter solstice is on Newgrange today, there is another monument at Brú na Bóinne with apparent alignments on midsummer sunrise and midwinter sunset. The Dowth...

Newgrange satellite cairn may have had its own roofbox

Newgrange satellite cairn may have had its own ...

A destroyed passage-tomb close to the famous Newgrange monument may once have had a roofbox, just like its more famous and larger neighbour, an Irish archaeological research has suggested.

Newgrange satellite cairn may have had its own ...

A destroyed passage-tomb close to the famous Newgrange monument may once have had a roofbox, just like its more famous and larger neighbour, an Irish archaeological research has suggested.

Rare hoar frost at Newgrange and Knowth

Rare hoar frost at Newgrange and Knowth

A rare hoar frost in the Boyne Valley made for some really stunning photographs at Newgrange and Knowth, where I brought my cameras and drone this morning to capture some of...

Rare hoar frost at Newgrange and Knowth

A rare hoar frost in the Boyne Valley made for some really stunning photographs at Newgrange and Knowth, where I brought my cameras and drone this morning to capture some of...

Does Irish mythology have an oral longevity that stretches back into prehistory?

Does Irish mythology have an oral longevity tha...

Does the mythology of Ireland contain information that demonstrates that the origin of these stories goes back into not just pre-Christian times, but in fact all the way back into...

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Does Irish mythology have an oral longevity tha...

Does the mythology of Ireland contain information that demonstrates that the origin of these stories goes back into not just pre-Christian times, but in fact all the way back into...

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