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Eclipse dreaming: a blood red moon at Newgrange

Eclipse dreaming: a blood red moon at Newgrange

On the night of a total eclipse which should have been visible from inside Newgrange, the sky was overcast and heavy rain came after two months of drought

Eclipse dreaming: a blood red moon at Newgrange

On the night of a total eclipse which should have been visible from inside Newgrange, the sky was overcast and heavy rain came after two months of drought

The Newgrange henge: a preliminary investigation of possible astronomical alignment

The Newgrange henge: a preliminary investigatio...

Was the New Henge of Newgrange, discovered by Anthony Murphy and Ken Williams on 10th July 2018, possible aligned on Bealtine/Lughnasa cross-quarter sunsets?

The Newgrange henge: a preliminary investigatio...

Was the New Henge of Newgrange, discovered by Anthony Murphy and Ken Williams on 10th July 2018, possible aligned on Bealtine/Lughnasa cross-quarter sunsets?

The new henge of Newgrange - a once-in-a-lifetime discovery

The new henge of Newgrange - a once-in-a-lifeti...

Anthony Murphy speaks about his reaction to finding (with Ken Williams) a previously unrecorded late Neolithic henge monument in the Brú na Bóinne world heritage site near Newgrange.

The new henge of Newgrange - a once-in-a-lifeti...

Anthony Murphy speaks about his reaction to finding (with Ken Williams) a previously unrecorded late Neolithic henge monument in the Brú na Bóinne world heritage site near Newgrange.

Lugh of the Long Arm carries the sun on the summer solstice

Lugh of the Long Arm carries the sun on the sum...

The sun on the longest day is above Orion, being carried across the sky in his arm. Anthony Murphy examines the symbolism, astronomy and mythology of this event

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Lugh of the Long Arm carries the sun on the sum...

The sun on the longest day is above Orion, being carried across the sky in his arm. Anthony Murphy examines the symbolism, astronomy and mythology of this event

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Pondering eternity at the entrance to the great sí­dhe of Newgrange

Pondering eternity at the entrance to the great...

Standing in the doorway of the Newgrange monument, author Anthony Murphy thinks about ancestors, gods and otherworlds

Pondering eternity at the entrance to the great...

Standing in the doorway of the Newgrange monument, author Anthony Murphy thinks about ancestors, gods and otherworlds

What it means to be Irish

What it means to be Irish

It is what this island does to you, and how it transforms you after your arrival here, that ultimately makes you Irish

What it means to be Irish

It is what this island does to you, and how it transforms you after your arrival here, that ultimately makes you Irish