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Venus and Mercury over misty Newgrange & Knowth

Venus and Mercury over misty Newgrange & Knowth

Click on the image to see a larger version. This is tonight's shot of Venus and Mercury over Newgrange and Knowth in the Boyne Valley, taken June 6th. There was...

Venus and Mercury over misty Newgrange & Knowth

Click on the image to see a larger version. This is tonight's shot of Venus and Mercury over Newgrange and Knowth in the Boyne Valley, taken June 6th. There was...

The Evening Star setting at Newgrange, Ireland

The Evening Star setting at Newgrange, Ireland

The Evening Star, Venus, setting behind Newgrange. Click image to see larger version. More than 5,000 years ago, the people who built Newgrange peered out into the heavens and watched...

The Evening Star setting at Newgrange, Ireland

The Evening Star, Venus, setting behind Newgrange. Click image to see larger version. More than 5,000 years ago, the people who built Newgrange peered out into the heavens and watched...

Two pictures from Inis Mór on the Aran Islands

Two pictures from Inis Mór on the Aran Islands

A wedge tomb and stone fort at Ochall on Inis Mór on the Aran Islands. An old abandoned lighthouse on Inis Mór with the crescent moon.

Two pictures from Inis Mór on the Aran Islands

A wedge tomb and stone fort at Ochall on Inis Mór on the Aran Islands. An old abandoned lighthouse on Inis Mór with the crescent moon.

Brigid's Way Celtic Pilgrimage formally launched

Brigid's Way Celtic Pilgrimage formally launched

Dolores Whelan, Anthony Murphy and Karen Ward step over a Brigid'sgirdle to formally launch the new Brigid's Way pilgrimage in Kildare Heritage Centre. The new Brigid's Way Celtic Pilgrimage was...

Brigid's Way Celtic Pilgrimage formally launched

Dolores Whelan, Anthony Murphy and Karen Ward step over a Brigid'sgirdle to formally launch the new Brigid's Way pilgrimage in Kildare Heritage Centre. The new Brigid's Way Celtic Pilgrimage was...

Early colour illustration of Newgrange from 1918

Early colour illustration of Newgrange from 1918

A colour illustration showing 'Brug na Boinne', from 'The Mythology of All Races', Volume III, Louis Herbert Gray (editing), 1918. Here is the caption that was included with the image:...

Early colour illustration of Newgrange from 1918

A colour illustration showing 'Brug na Boinne', from 'The Mythology of All Races', Volume III, Louis Herbert Gray (editing), 1918. Here is the caption that was included with the image:...

Newgrange Book: A glowing tribute from Jack Roberts

Newgrange Book: A glowing tribute from Jack Rob...

For all us stone-mad megalithomaniacs and anyone interested in ancient Irish mythology and cosmology, the name Jack Roberts is a famous one. Jack was a member of Martin Brennan's research...

Newgrange Book: A glowing tribute from Jack Rob...

For all us stone-mad megalithomaniacs and anyone interested in ancient Irish mythology and cosmology, the name Jack Roberts is a famous one. Jack was a member of Martin Brennan's research...