15 Oct Knocknafearbreaga Alignment
Knockanoura, Co. Clare These are, in legend, a band of robbers turned to stone. As Mary Harrison explains, there was something so powerful about these stones...
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14 Oct Labbamolaga
Knockanevin, Co. Cork Just below the hill from the crumbling stone oratory are four standing stones, the remains of a stone circle. The oratory’s entrance, unique...
25 Aug Clochafarmore
Knockbridge, Co. Louth The tragic end of Cúchulainn, half-supernatural hero of the armies of Ulster, occurred at this tall standing stone. Mortally wounded, he bound himself...
31 Jul The Hill of Tara
Tara has for generations served as the geographic focus for an aspirational sense of national glory, “the most consecrated spot in Ireland,” where blood was...
21 Apr Eightercua Alignment
Waterville, Co. Kerry The Eighercua Stone Alignment looks west to Ballinskelligs Bay and the open ocean. The mound on which it sits was likely a ritual...
20 Apr Kilclooney Dolmen
Portnoo, Co. Donegal This dolmen is a monumental shape-shifter, suggesting visual allusions, or acting as a megalithic Rorschach Test. People have described it as resembling a...