Tag: Ireland
Early Medieval Ireland in Photos
Early Medieval Ireland in Photos. A small selection of some of the brilliant images that have been entered into our Photography…
Mount Sandel, a Mesolithic Campsite
Approximately 9,000 years ago, a small band of Mesolithic hunter-gathers chose a high ridge over-looking the River Bann in modern…
Hurling, its ancient history
A history of hurling. On the weekend of the All-Ireland hurling final it seems only fitting that the history of…
Bones of the Vikings: when raiding goes wrong
The ninth and tenth centuries saw the arrival of a new force on the Irish political scene, the Vikings. These…
Irish bog bodies, some recent discoveries
Another ancient body has just been recovered from the depths of an Irish bog. This time the remains consist of a partial…
