Archaeologists recently discovered multiple prehistoric monuments in the South East of Ireland. This discovery fills in the gaps for a large period of history that is unaccounted for. The new ...

One of the best places to do that is at Newgrange. This ancient site in southeastern Ireland is just over 5,200 years old, predating Stonehenge and even the Pyramids of Giza. A visit there will ...

Many of Ireland’s backroads lead to ancient Megalithic structures that beckon one to imagine what life would have been like between 4600 and 600 BC when most stone circles and dolmens (portal ...

Ireland’s Ancient East is full of myths and legends; you just have to know where to look. For as far back as the stories stretch in Ireland, the Hill of Uisneach (pronounced “ish-knock”) in ...

Sheep have been intertwined with human livelihoods for over 11,000 years according to new research. As well as meat, their domestication led to humans being nourished by their protein-rich milk and ...

Ireland’s Ancient East can often be overlooked, but with its close proximity and transport links to Dublin, in particular, it can be a nice and stress-free staycation destination. For this ...

has deciphered the prehistoric cultural trajectory of this species by analysing 118 genomes recovered from archaeological bones dating across 12 millennia and stretching from Mongolia to Ireland. The ...