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Newgrange and the return of the Tuatha Dé Danann

Newgrange and the return of the Tuatha Dé Danann

I wake up some days and I wonder what we started when we left the forests and turned away from the hunter-gatherer lifestyle towards organised agriculture and monument construction. It...

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Newgrange and the return of the Tuatha Dé Danann

I wake up some days and I wonder what we started when we left the forests and turned away from the hunter-gatherer lifestyle towards organised agriculture and monument construction. It...

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Ceremonial dismemberment and excarnation in prehistoric Ireland - a different way to treat the dead

Ceremonial dismemberment and excarnation in pre...

For a while, I've been wondering about how the small human bone fragments that have been found in some Irish passage-tombs came to be in such a fragmented condition. In...

Ceremonial dismemberment and excarnation in pre...

For a while, I've been wondering about how the small human bone fragments that have been found in some Irish passage-tombs came to be in such a fragmented condition. In...

The huge monoliths of Ireland's Stonehenge were buried

The huge monoliths of Ireland's Stonehenge were...

Monument was thought to have been completely destroyed some time between 1748 and 1907 However, some of its largest stones might have been buried For years I have been drawing...

The huge monoliths of Ireland's Stonehenge were...

Monument was thought to have been completely destroyed some time between 1748 and 1907 However, some of its largest stones might have been buried For years I have been drawing...

The Field Names of County Louth and Meath

The Field Names of County Louth and Meath

I was delighted to receive a copy of The Field Names of County Louth as a gift today. It joins my copy of The Field Names of County Meath as...

The Field Names of County Louth and Meath

I was delighted to receive a copy of The Field Names of County Louth as a gift today. It joins my copy of The Field Names of County Meath as...

The Cry of the Sebac and the survival of ancient wisdom

The Cry of the Sebac and the survival of ancien...

Over the past few years I've taken a great interest in the creatures of Irish myth. Among the animals that have great significance in the ancient mythology of Ireland are...

The Cry of the Sebac and the survival of ancien...

Over the past few years I've taken a great interest in the creatures of Irish myth. Among the animals that have great significance in the ancient mythology of Ireland are...

Descend into Ireland in a mist . . . arrive magically

Descend into Ireland in a mist . . . arrive mag...

Inspired by the writings of the late John Moriarty, I included the following words in a talk entitled 'The Tuatha Dé Danann - They haven't gone away you know' to...

Descend into Ireland in a mist . . . arrive mag...

Inspired by the writings of the late John Moriarty, I included the following words in a talk entitled 'The Tuatha Dé Danann - They haven't gone away you know' to...