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Strange tracks revealed by storm in ancient bog at Irish beach

Strange tracks revealed by storm in ancient bog...

Anthony Murphy of Mythical Ireland describes strange parallel ruts or grooves discovered by a local man in a probable ancient bog revealed by shifting sands after a recent storm at...

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Strange tracks revealed by storm in ancient bog...

Anthony Murphy of Mythical Ireland describes strange parallel ruts or grooves discovered by a local man in a probable ancient bog revealed by shifting sands after a recent storm at...

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A biographical tribute to an Irish archaeologist whose work on a Neolithic passage-tomb was eye-opening

A biographical tribute to an Irish archaeologis...

Brenda McMahon, daughter of the late P.J. Hartnett, the archaeologist who excavated the Fourknocks passage-tombs in the early 1950s, pens a biographical tribute to her father.

A biographical tribute to an Irish archaeologis...

Brenda McMahon, daughter of the late P.J. Hartnett, the archaeologist who excavated the Fourknocks passage-tombs in the early 1950s, pens a biographical tribute to her father.

Fascinating new revelations show that 90% of the people buried at Fourknocks were cremated

Fascinating new revelations show that 90% of th...

Fascinating new revelations about the people buried at Fourknocks over 5,000 years ago include the fact that 90% of them were cremated, and two adult males had received but recovered...

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Fascinating new revelations show that 90% of th...

Fascinating new revelations about the people buried at Fourknocks over 5,000 years ago include the fact that 90% of them were cremated, and two adult males had received but recovered...

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Tribute: Jack Roberts – a true pioneer of Irish megalithic research

Tribute: Jack Roberts – a true pioneer of Irish...

Anthony Murphy of Mythical Ireland pays tribute to his late friend, the author and megalithic astronomy pioneer Jack Roberts, who passed away in June 2024.

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Tribute: Jack Roberts – a true pioneer of Irish...

Anthony Murphy of Mythical Ireland pays tribute to his late friend, the author and megalithic astronomy pioneer Jack Roberts, who passed away in June 2024.

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Centuries before the Greeks, the Irish held their own Olympic Games that lasted for thousands of years

Centuries before the Greeks, the Irish held the...

Centuries before the Greeks established their Olympic Games, Ireland had its own huge games event. In this article, I explore the traditions of the Tailteann Games, inaugurated to commemorate Tailtiu,...

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Centuries before the Greeks, the Irish held the...

Centuries before the Greeks established their Olympic Games, Ireland had its own huge games event. In this article, I explore the traditions of the Tailteann Games, inaugurated to commemorate Tailtiu,...

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A complex medieval farming landscape revealed by new crop marks near Newgrange

A complex medieval farming landscape revealed b...

Anthony Murphy imaged a fascinating complex of probable early medieval ringforts and associated field systems at Littlegrange, Co. Louth, just north of the Brú na Bóinne complex and 1.6 miles...

A complex medieval farming landscape revealed b...

Anthony Murphy imaged a fascinating complex of probable early medieval ringforts and associated field systems at Littlegrange, Co. Louth, just north of the Brú na Bóinne complex and 1.6 miles...