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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

Video: The incredible accuracy of an ancient solstice alignment of Uisneach, Loughcrew and Slieve Gullion

Video: The incredible accuracy of an ancient so...

Anthony Murphy investigates the alignment of the Cat Stone (Stone of Divisions) at Uisneach with Cairn T Loughcrew and the Calliagh Berra\'s House on Slieve Gullion.

Video: The incredible accuracy of an ancient so...

Anthony Murphy investigates the alignment of the Cat Stone (Stone of Divisions) at Uisneach with Cairn T Loughcrew and the Calliagh Berra\'s House on Slieve Gullion.

The Tara Brooch: Ireland's finest piece of jewellery lost for centuries

The Tara Brooch: Ireland's finest piece of jewe...

An examination of the story of the Tara Brooch and how it was lost and found again centuries later

The Tara Brooch: Ireland's finest piece of jewe...

An examination of the story of the Tara Brooch and how it was lost and found again centuries later