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Previous genetic evidence suggested that Newgrange and other large passage tombs like it were built by a close-knit family of elite rulers who buried their dead inside these monuments.

A passage tomb is a burial chamber usually set within a circular mound that is accessible via a passage – those at Newgrange and Slieve Gullion are estimated to be about 5,000 years old.