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16 Feb Protected: Lisleitrim Hillfort

Posted at 14:10h in Forts, in-progress, notDone

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05 Feb Ardagh Ringfort

Posted at 13:53h in Completed, Forts

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Many of the 40,000 ringforts remaining in Ireland are well preserved, and all are now protected under the National Monuments Act. The Ardagh Ringfort, however,...

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27 Jan Protected: Emain Macha
(Navan Fort)

Posted at 15:43h in Earthworks, in-progress, notDone

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25 Jan The Hill of Ward
(Tlachtga)

Posted at 07:53h in Completed, Earthworks

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Surveys and excavations show Tlachtga was no isolated fort on a farmed ridge but part of a dense ritual and political landscape: a node in...

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21 Jan Lissyviggeen Stone Circle

Posted at 11:32h in Completed, Stone Circles

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A few kilometers east of Killarney the tourist bustle falls away into quiet pasture and low fields. A ring of weather‑darkened stones rises from the...

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03 Jan Protected: Long Stone Rath

Posted at 06:31h in in-progress, notDone, Standing Stones

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01 Jan Protected: Ballyutoag Court Tomb
“Hanging Thorn Cairn”

Posted at 04:20h in Court and Wedge Tombs, in-progress, notDone

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31 Dec Protected: Carnconnaughtagh

Posted at 03:42h in in-progress, notDone, Passage Tombs

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29 Dec Protected: Cahercommaun Fort

Posted at 14:00h in Forts, in-progress, notDone

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28 Dec Protected: Drumskinny Stone Circle

Posted at 06:53h in in-progress, notDone, Stone Circles

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27 Dec Protected: Finn MacCool’s Fingers
(Shantemon Stone Alignment)

Posted at 05:30h in in-progress, notDone, Standing Stones

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26 Dec Protected: Sheemor

Posted at 06:48h in in-progress, notDone, Passage Tombs

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26 Dec Protected: Dún Ailinne and
Old Kilcullen Churchyard

Posted at 04:45h in Early Christian, Earthworks, in-progress, notDone

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25 Dec Protected: Corracloona Court Tomb

Posted at 13:20h in Court and Wedge Tombs, in-progress, notDone

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25 Dec Protected: Millmount Tower

Posted at 07:35h in Forts, in-progress, notDone

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25 Dec Seefin Passage Tomb

Posted at 02:51h in Completed, Passage Tombs

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High on a windswept summit in the Wicklow Mountains, where the tufts of bog cotton bend under the Atlantic gusts, a dome of stone breaks...

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24 Dec Protected: Beaghmore Stone Circles

Posted at 15:11h in in-progress, notDone, Stone Circles

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24 Dec Protected: Knowth

Posted at 10:19h in in-progress, notDone, Passage Tombs

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24 Dec Protected: Ballynoe Stone Circle

Posted at 04:40h in in-progress, notDone, Stone Circles

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23 Dec Protected: Deerpark Court Tomb
and Cashel

Posted at 12:56h in Court and Wedge Tombs, in-progress, notDone

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20 Dec Dún Dealgan
(Cúchulainn’s Castle)

Posted at 11:22h in Completed, Forts

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Perched on a commanding ridge overlooking the Castletown River, Dún Dealgan represents one of the most strategically significant sites in Irish history. ...

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11 Jul Abbeyquarter Passage Tomb

Posted at 11:38h in Completed, Passage Tombs

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[vc_row css_animation="" row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="full_width" angled_section="no" text_align="left" background_image_as_pattern="without_pattern"][vc_column][vc_column_text] "Strange to find a pagan burial-place in such a position, within hearing of the hum of the now...

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31 Mar Objects found by Macalister
on the Hill of Uisneach

Posted at 16:50h in Uncategorized

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[vc_row css_animation="" row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="full_width" angled_section="no" text_align="left" background_image_as_pattern="without_pattern" z_index="" padding_top="20" padding_bottom="20"][vc_column][vc_column_text]These three plates reproduced below are composite drawings of Macalister's finds on the Hill of...

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31 Mar Objects found by Macalister:
Plate XVIII

Posted at 13:40h in Uncategorized

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[vc_row css_animation="" row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="full_width" angled_section="no" text_align="left" background_image_as_pattern="without_pattern" z_index="" padding_top="20"][vc_column][vc_column_text]Move your cursor over one of the objects Macalister found during his excavations on the Hill...

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28 Mar Objects found by Macalister:
Plate XVII

Posted at 20:37h in Uncategorized

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[vc_row css_animation="" row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="full_width" angled_section="no" text_align="left" background_image_as_pattern="without_pattern" z_index="" padding_top="20"][vc_column][vc_column_text]Move your cursor over one of the objects Macalister found during his excavations on the Hill...

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12 Mar Objects found by Macalister:
Plate XIX

Posted at 18:12h in Uncategorized

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[vc_row css_animation="" row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="full_width" angled_section="no" text_align="left" background_image_as_pattern="without_pattern" z_index="" padding_bottom="10" padding_top="10"][vc_column][vc_column_text]Move your cursor over one of the objects Macalister found during his excavations on the...

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06 Oct Test insert GGPKG

Posted at 16:18h in Uncategorized

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05 Oct Test of Pano2VR “enter_vr” Component

Posted at 08:53h in Uncategorized

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[vc_row css_animation="" row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="full_width" angled_section="no" text_align="left" background_image_as_pattern="without_pattern"][vc_column][vc_column_text]This uses the new "garden-gnome-package" plugin (via "ggpkg url=...

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13 Dec GGPKG test

Posted at 08:59h in Uncategorized

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[vc_row css_animation="" row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="full_width" angled_section="no" text_align="left" background_image_as_pattern="without_pattern" side_padding="3" padding_bottom="20" z_index=""][vc_column][vc_column_text] The first pano on the page was inserted with the new GGPKG plug-in (using the...

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31 Mar Mrs. Hickey at Newgrange

Posted at 11:47h in Uncategorized

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[vc_row css_animation="" row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="full_width" angled_section="no" text_align="center" background_image_as_pattern="without_pattern" z_index=""][vc_column width="1/3"][/vc_column][vc_column width="1/3"][vc_column_text] [caption id="" align="alignleft" width="275"] Click on the photo above to view a 1962 RTE interview...

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03 Dec Qode Elements Test

Posted at 08:55h in Uncategorized

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16 Jun Folklore, Archaeology, and William Butler Yeats

Posted at 09:01h in Uncategorized

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[vc_row css_animation="" row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="full_width" angled_section="no" text_align="left" background_image_as_pattern="without_pattern" z_index=""][vc_column][vc_column_text]Irish poet William Butler Yeats (13 June 1865 - 28 January 1939) was born into the Anglo-Irish...

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