A new study brings together folklore and archaeology to reveal the superstitions surrounding Ireland’s ...
CARRICKFERGUS, COUNTY ANTRIM—BBC News reports that the remains of more than 140 people were found in an area where a medieval abbey is thought to have been located during an investigation conducted ...
COUNTY LAOIS, IRELAND—The Irish Times reports that a cairn has been discovered at the top of a hill in Ireland’s southern Midlands Region by Gerry Moloney and Shane McGrath, two volunteers who spotted ...
The National Museum of Ireland recently received a surprising anonymous donation. Now, it needs to figure out where the gift came from—and not just to send a thank-you card. Someone sending a box of ...
Before the start of the lecture ‘Dispatches from the debris fields’, committee member of Westmeath Archaeological and Historical Society, Seamus O’Brien, expresses his hopes for good turnout. As the ...
A new study by Dr Marion Dowd, lecturer in archaeology at ATU Sligo has shed light on Ireland’s cillíní - unconsecrated burial grounds used for babies that were stillborn, miscarried or who died at ...
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