... just thought, how? After all, lasers were not common in the Stone Age. Promontory forts, commonly known in Cornwall as cliff castles, ... of the Celtic lands, from the northern islands of Scotland, Ireland, Isle of Man, Wales, Cornwall, Brittany, Galicia and Asturias. Cornwall ...
Alastair Kneale - Oct 1 2022 - 1:09pm
... Tay (Scottish Gaelic: Tatha). The name Dùn Chailleann means Fort of the Caledonians. The 'fort' part of the name is thought to be the hill ... in textile production were found. Crucibles, whetstones, stone and clay moulds found were also uncovered. The discoveries suggest more ...
Douglas MacQueen - Feb 17 2020 - 5:26pm
... Lough Gur (Irish: Loch Goir) is in County Limerick, Ireland (Irish: Contae Luimnigh, Éire). The lake is between the village of ... of human activity at least since about 3000 BC. The largest stone circle in Ireland, known as Grange stone circle, along with a dolmen are ...
Transceltic team - Apr 22 2021 - 1:01pm
... have had the opportunity to interview Seán Ó Cuirreáin, Ireland's First Language Commissioner. Mr Ó Cuirreáin announced his ... and sovereignty. Seán Ó Cuirreáin was appointed Ireland’s first language commissioner by the President of Ireland in February ...
Emmett McIntyre - Apr 13 2016 - 5:26pm - 0 comments
... Iron Age hillfort in Scotland. It was commissioned by the Fort William-based Nevis Landscape Partnership. It was built by Dan Harris of ... just thought, how? After all, lasers were not common in the Stone Age." Disclaimer: This blog is ...
Douglas MacQueen - Sep 7 2018 - 10:46am
... the Celts in the first millennium BC (1000 BC to 1BC). The fort is associated with Deirdrê of the Sorrows, the tragic heroine in Irish ... just thought, how? After all, lasers were not common in the Stone Age." The first time an archaeological excavation took place at Dùn ...
Douglas MacQueen - Aug 8 2017 - 11:50am
... Raphoe, is a Neolithic Celtic monument known as the Beltany Stone Circle. The Beltany Stone Circle is estimated to have been constructed ... in Action group. With funding from the Heritage Council of Ireland they have been engaged in an on-going archaeological research project ...
Emmett McIntyre - Dec 21 2019 - 6:38pm - 0 comments
... Raphoe, is a Neolithic Celtic monument known as the Beltany Stone Circle. The Beltany Stone Circle is estimated to have been constructed ... in Action group. With funding from the Heritage Council of Ireland they have been engaged in an on-going archaeological research project ...
Emmett McIntyre - May 1 2020 - 2:13pm
... Eibhlin O'Neill's blog Emain Macha (Navan Fort) is a large circular Iron Age earthwork on top of a hill close to the city of Armagh (Irish: Ard Mhacha) in the north of Ireland. For centuries it was home to the kings and queens of Ulster, which ...
Eibhlin O'Neill - Aug 23 2023 - 11:39am
... in the Irish Times on Irelands Deep Atlantic: ‘Dive Ireland’ Docu Preview And Talk On ‘Ambassadors Of The Deep' Lorna ... new documentary to be shown on RTE in April. Its entitles ‘Ireland’s Deep Atlantic’ and it was previewed at a meeting of Ireland’s ...
Alastair Kneale - Mar 5 2018 - 7:26pm