Passage Tombs

31 Dec Protected: Carnconnaughtagh

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

26 Dec Protected: Sheemor

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

25 Dec Seefin Passage Tomb

Posted at 02:51h in Completed, Passage Tombs

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...

24 Dec Protected: Knowth

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

11 Jul Abbeyquarter Passage Tomb

Posted at 11:38h in Completed, Passage Tombs

[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...

12 Nov Protected: Carrowmore Passage Tomb Cemetery

Posted at 19:38h in in-progress, notDone, Passage Tombs

09 Nov Carrowkeel Passage Tombs

Posted at 22:18h in Completed, featured, Passage Tombs

Castlebaldwin, Co. Sligo The Carrowkeel passage tombs are only 20 minutes from the rushing traffic of the N4. But they are a world apart: a transition...

15 Oct Queen Maeve’s Cairn
(Miosgán Meadhbha)

Posted at 05:32h in Completed, Passage Tombs

The cairn of Miosgán Meadhbha rises like a pale-grey crown above the flat-topped summit of Knocknarea, its vast mass of stone turning the entire mountain...

14 Oct Dowth

Posted at 21:48h in Completed, featured, Passage Tombs

Slane, Co Meath Dowth means “darkness.” And darkness is what's left for the visitor today. The electricity has been turned off and entrance is generally prohibited....

14 Sep Fourknocks

Posted at 08:17h in Completed, Passage Tombs

Stamullen, Co. Meath Fourknocks was unknown until 1950. It has no mention in the old folkloric literature. But the absence of fairies in Fourknocks does not...