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Welcome to Fourknocks! - a quick tour of ancien...
A wide-angle view of Fourknocks from the northeast. It was excavated and restored in the 1950s. Fourknocks is a small megalithic passage-tomb on a ridge in southeastern County Meath, about...
Welcome to Fourknocks! - a quick tour of ancien...
A wide-angle view of Fourknocks from the northeast. It was excavated and restored in the 1950s. Fourknocks is a small megalithic passage-tomb on a ridge in southeastern County Meath, about...
On the night of a lunar eclipse, there's a beau...
A halo around the moon over the Boyne Valley, viewed from Newgrange. On the night of a penumbral eclipse of the moon, it seemed appropriate that I should go out...
On the night of a lunar eclipse, there's a beau...
A halo around the moon over the Boyne Valley, viewed from Newgrange. On the night of a penumbral eclipse of the moon, it seemed appropriate that I should go out...
Do the myths about Newgrange and the Boyne Vall...
"Myths are just stories," a historian once told me. As far as he was concerned, they were stories that were made up for sheer entertainment. In that mindset, myths are...
Do the myths about Newgrange and the Boyne Vall...
"Myths are just stories," a historian once told me. As far as he was concerned, they were stories that were made up for sheer entertainment. In that mindset, myths are...
The public is not allowed inside Knowth's ancie...
The public are not allowed inside the passages and chambers of the ancient megalithic passage-tomb of Knowth. There are various reasons for this - not least the fact that in...
The public is not allowed inside Knowth's ancie...
The public are not allowed inside the passages and chambers of the ancient megalithic passage-tomb of Knowth. There are various reasons for this - not least the fact that in...
The story of the Cailleach of Loughcrew and its...
Many of you have probably heard the story of the Cailleach (hag or witch) of Loughcrew. The hills of Loughcrew are scattered with the remnants of a vast cluster of...
The story of the Cailleach of Loughcrew and its...
Many of you have probably heard the story of the Cailleach (hag or witch) of Loughcrew. The hills of Loughcrew are scattered with the remnants of a vast cluster of...
What is the meaning of Knowth's pillar stones?
A large sandstone pillar stands outside the entrance to the western passage at Knowth. The meaning of this pillar, and a similar but smaller one on the eastern side, is...
What is the meaning of Knowth's pillar stones?
A large sandstone pillar stands outside the entrance to the western passage at Knowth. The meaning of this pillar, and a similar but smaller one on the eastern side, is...