... monument of Newgrange (Irish: Sí an Bhrú) in County Meath, Ireland, was built during the Neolithic period around 3000 BC to 2500 BC. ... have revealed burnt and unburnt human bone in the passage at Newgrange along with various grave goods and other artifacts. The ...
Eibhlin O'Neill - Jun 6 2016 - 1:02pm - 0 comments
... monuments. They include Maeshowe, a chambered cairn and passage grave, aligned so that its central chamber is illuminated on the winter ...
Douglas MacQueen - Jul 28 2017 - 2:44am
... 3100 BC. The Standing Stones of Stenness, the Maeshowe passage grave, the Ring of Brodgar and other standing stones. Stromness in the ...
Douglas MacQueen - Apr 20 2017 - 12:10am
... era include the Standing Stones of Stenness, the Maeshowe passage grave, the Ring of Brodgar and other standing stones. There is now growing ...
Douglas MacQueen - Feb 12 2021 - 4:58pm
... concerns persist. The Resolutions illustrate the grave concern with which Mec Vannin views the direction being driven by the ...
Alastair Kneale - May 13 2019 - 8:55pm
... - CELTIC NEWS MANNIN points to the concluding report on Ireland issued by the UN Committee Against Torture. The report includes ... but to go into these mother and child homes. In 1993, a mass grave containing 155 corpses was uncovered in the convent grounds of one of the ...
Alastair Kneale - Sep 9 2017 - 6:24pm
... fascinating stories behind each of the Celtic flags. Ireland/Eire The national flag of Ireland (Irish: bratach na ... monuments in the Celtic lands, including in the Newgrange passage tomb in Ireland. The design has continued to be used by the Celtic ...
Alastair Kneale - Jan 18 2014 - 4:03pm - 0 comments
Eibhlin O'Neill's blog Ireland’s seabed territory is one of the largest in Europe, and more than 10 times Ireland’s land mass. Porcupine Bank is an area of the Irish shelf, on the ...
Eibhlin O'Neill - Jul 27 2017 - 3:17pm
... is in County Kerry ( Contae Chiarraí)) in the south-west of Ireland. Its stunning Atlantic coastline, mountains and lakes make this area ... side of the Conor Pass. One of which is known as the Giants Grave, a 4000 year old tomb which contains within it ancient rock art, ...
Eibhlin O'Neill - Sep 26 2017 - 1:08pm
The sites on which the remains of Ireland’s many medieval strongholds can be seen today, are often built on the ... some accounts in 1861 workmen accidently uncovered a pagan grave (Cromlech) when digging within the castle. The description of the ...
Eibhlin O'Neill - Jul 31 2021 - 8:31pm