O’Kelly called Newgrange and the nearby Dowth and Knowth the ‘cathedrals of the megalithic religion’. It was for the Neolithic people of Ireland a place of great religious importance, connected not ...
Newgrange and its neighboring sites, Dowth and Knowth, are part of the Brú na Bóinne UNESCO World Heritage sites. They are thought to be man-made Megalithic "passage tombs," thought of as ...
Skellig Michael is one of three Unesco World Heritage sites on the island; the others are the Giant's Causeway and the Brú na Bóinne site of neolithic tombs at Newgrange, Dowth and Knowth.
The find was made at the 18th Century Dowth Hall, within the Brú na Bóinne ... monument or henge close to the 5,000-year-old Newgrange monument in County Meath. Its origins have not yet been ...