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1. Excavation of site of mass grave at former Irish mother-and-baby home in Tuam to begin in 2019

   ... to conclude that almost all had been buried in an unmarked grave with an estimation that nearly 800 children had died at the home. In ... consent. Tuam was not the only such establishment in Ireland. The last of the Mother and Baby homes was closed in 1996. The truth of ...

   Eibhlin O'Neill - Jan 4 2019 - 1:07pm

2. King Orry's Grave

   There are two tombs on this site. The first is the largest known megalithic tomb on the island. The Cairn is made of coloured sandstone with a forecourt of 12 metres across and 4 metres deep. It contains three chambers once filled...

   Anonymous (not verified) - May 13 2013 - 8:39am

3. Newgrange - Sí an Bhrú

   ... Sí an Bhrú) prehistoric monument is in County Meath, Ireland (Irish: Contae na Mí, Éire). It is located about 8 kilometres (5.0 ... Site.   Brú na Bóinne is famous for the passage tombs of Newgrange, Knowth and Dowth. These ceremonial structures are ...

   Anonymous (not verified) - May 24 2021 - 5:42pm

4. Gavrinis

   ... There are twenty-nine upright stones which lead via a passage to a large chamber. This chamber is topped with a large square stone of ... passage and the chamber. The Gavrinis monument is a passage grave and thought to have been built around 4000 BC. Link and Image: ...

   Anonymous (not verified) - Apr 15 2021 - 9:16pm

5. Mainland, Orkney

   ... BC. Similar to the internal arrangement at Maes Howe with a passage, main chamber and side cells. It is located west from Kirkwall at ... grave with many similarities to the Newgrange site in Ireland. Encasing the tomb is a mound of some 24 feet in height and about 115 ...

   Anonymous (not verified) - Aug 9 2016 - 8:31pm

6. Breton history

   ... to the middle of the fifth millennium as in Barnenez. Early passage graves can date to between 4000 and 3000 bc, followed by evolved ... a distinctly Celtic identity. Brittany, along with Scotland, Ireland, Isle of Man, Wales and Cornwall is seen as one of the Six Celtic ...

   Transceltic team - May 23 2021 - 5:51pm

7. Bryn Celli Ddu prehistoric monument reveals more of its mystery

   ... The 5000 year old mysterious Late Neolithic passage tomb of Bryn Celli Ddu is a remarkable structure. The monument appears ... at a later date, towards the end of the Neolithic period, a passage tomb was built, of the type of found around the Irish seaboard and down ...

   Mair Williams - Jun 30 2017 - 11:12am

8. New insights into the Newgrange prehistoric monument in Ireland

   Brú na Bóinne in Ireland (Irish: Éire) is a World Heritage Site situated within a bend in the ... An Bhóinn or Abhainn na Bóinne). It is famous for the passage tombs of Newgrange, Knowth and Dowth, built some five thousand years ... As part of their celebration of Winter Solstice 2020 Ireland's National Monuments Service worked along with the Office of Public ...

   Transceltic team - Dec 31 2021 - 5:05pm

9. Caherdooneerish Stone Fort

   ... far from the harbour village of Ballyvaughan, County Clare, Ireland (Irish: Baile Uí Bheacháin, Contae an Chláir, Éire). This fort is ... Loch Lurgain or Cuan na Gaillimhe). There is an interesting passage written on Black Head, Caherdooneerish, in the book Archaeology of ...

   Anonymous (not verified) - May 12 2021 - 11:17pm

10. The Great Hunger: Ireland 1845-1849 by Cecil Woodham-Smith

    ... in the superb and immensely readable "The Great Hunger: Ireland 1845-1849", by Cecil Woodham-Smith. The first paragraph sets the tone: ... upon arrival in Canada, an estimated 100,000 made the passage that year. In many cases the landlords paid for the ocean passage and ...

    Emmett McIntyre - Oct 21 2017 - 8:33pm

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