17 Mar Experience Newgrange through a Head-Mounted Display
…a light began to glow and to pervade the cave, and to obliterate the stone walls and the antique hieroglyphics engraved thereon, and to melt...
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24 Jul Labbacallee Wedge Tomb
Glanworth, Co. Cork This tomb was built two millennia before the ascendancy of the Celts, whose legends named this monument the "Bed of the Witch...
10 May Stations of the Gleann Cholm Cille Turas: A Gazetteer
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30 Dec Creevykeel Court Tomb
Cliffony, Co. Sligo The site, right off the main Sligo-Bundoran road, allows a convenient stop. But it is difficult for the visitor to escape the traffic...
09 Nov Carrowkeel 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...
30 Oct Rathcroghan Royal Site
Tulsk, Co. Roscommon Rathcroghan has both a geographic and a symbolic presence. It is an archaeological treasure trove, but it also is the venue of a...
14 Oct Dowth
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
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...
14 Sep Beltany Stone Circle
Raphoe, Co. Donegal To add to the distinctiveness of this stone circle, a horrific-looking Iron Age stone head was found near the monument, perhaps indicating that...
23 Aug Keshcorran, and the Caves of Kesh
Keash, Co Sligo It is a steep climb up a hillside, but the view from inside Cormac’s Cave makes it obvious how this location might have...
05 Aug Slieve Gullion
Meigh, Co. Armagh This spot might have been conjured by a Hollywood set designer. Who else might have put a magical lake on the summit of...
05 Aug Loughcrew Passage Tomb Complex (Sliabh na Caillíghe)
Oldcastle, Co. Meath On his visit to the Loughcrew hills, also called Sliabh na Caillíghe (The Hill of the Witch) Jonathan Swift heard tales of...
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...
29 Jul Cloghanmore Court Tomb
Malin More, Co. Donegal After Cloghanmore was dug out of the bog in the nineteenth century, it was "a ruinous pile," with its roofing-stones tossed aside...
04 May Ballynahatty Giant’s Ring
Ballynahatty, Co. Down Unique in the country for its central stone tomb, this monument is the largest enclosed ceremonial space in Ireland. The top of the...
21 Apr The City and
the Paps of Anu
Rathmore, Co. Kerry "When you stand in the middle of the Cathair you get great feeling of satisfaction that you're standing here on one of the...
21 Apr Newgrange
Slane, Co Meath In 1699 the proprietor of the townland of New Grange needed stones for building. He dug into the scrub-covered mound on his land...