Articles and Papers - Ancient Ireland
Knowth Articles
- Knowth - A Virtual Tour - Bryn Coldrick.
- Knowth Equinox sunrise/sunset alignment? - Frank Prendergast and Tom Ray.
- Spirals within Spirals: Stones have Stories to Tell - James Nemec.
- Knowth - Secrets from the grave - an article from The Irish Times.
- Knowth by Jeffrey May - an article from Current Archaeology.
- Megalithic Art at Knowth - from Minds or Moons? - Laurie Darcus.
Newgrange Articles
- Beyond Newgrange: Brú na Bóinne in the later Neolithic.
- The 'King' of Newgrange? A critical analysis - Research Article 2025
- Social and Genetic Relations in Neolithic Ireland: Re-evaluating Kinship 2025
- Winter Solstice Phenomenon at Newgrange: Research Report 2024
- Incest uncovered at the elite prehistoric Newgrange monument - Alison Sheridan.
- Newgrange - A Womb Not a Tomb - Geraldine Moane.
- Rediscovering the Winter Solstice Alignment at Newgrange - Robert Hensey.
- A Passage to the Afterworld - the story of New Grange adapted from an article first published in the The World Of Hibernia magazine.
- Newgrange: Ireland's ancient answer to the pyramids - Laura Harrison McBride
- Prof. Michael J. O'Kelly who excavated and restored Newgrange.
- Newgrange: empowering the salmon of wisdom - Philip Coppens.
- The Bull of Newgrange: a metaphor for Halley's Comet? - Gilbert de Jong.
- Newgrange Excavation Report Critique - Alan Marshall.
- Aspects of Ritual Deposition in the Late Neolithic & Beaker Periods - Charles Mount.
- Brú na Bóinne - Heritage Tourism Sustainability - Bettina Graham.
- Ireland's burial mounds hold many mysteries - Jim Sajo.
- Computing the Winter Solstice at Newgrange - Rick Doble.
- The Ritual Origins of the Roof-Box at Newgrange - Laura E. Freeman Marr.
Dowth Article
- Dowth: Where Darkness, Stone and Memory Meet - Harry Warren.
Loughcrew Articles
- Reflections on Loughcrew and Newgrange - Tim O'Brien.
- An archaeoastronomical assessment of Tomb L by Dr Frank Prendergast
- Loughcrew Equinox Reflection - Sally McKenna.
- A taste of the unexpected: subverting mentalités through the motifs and settings of Irish passage tombs.
Fourknocks Articles
- Fourknocks - An interpretation - Martin Dier.
- Magic of Fourknocks - Brendan Matthews.
General Articles
- Stonelight Archives - Pioneering research of Martin Brennan.
- Ireland in prehistory - A concise account - Desmond Johnston.
- Some Thoughts on the Celts - Origin, Religion and Language - Desmond Johnston.
- Aspects of the Megalithic Era - Desmond Johnston.
- Fourknocks - An interpretation - Martin Dier.
- Messages from the Monuments - How Neolithic Monuments Communicate About Religion and Status - Paul K. Wason.
- We Have Never Been Material - Andrew Cochrane.
- Monuments and Access - The interpretation of Neolithic Monuments - Dr. Liam Kilmurray.
- Cairnpapple Prehistoric Site - Scotland - Jackie Queally.
- Vale of the Boyne and Royal Meath - published in 1898 for the Great Northern Railway Company.
- The Valley of the Boyne - from 'The Charm of Ireland' by Burton E. Stevenson, published in 1914.
Boyne and Beyond Conference 2022
Inspired by the legacy of the late Professor George Eogan this international conference examines the Boyne Valley monuments in the context of the wider prehistoric world.
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