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In 1987 a small team of people with an interest in the general field of archaeology published the first issue of Archaeology Ireland. It has been published every quarter since then. Archaeology ...
At a site called Poulnabrone, on the west coast of Ireland, archaeologists found the skeleton of a baby with Down syndrome who died nearly 4,000 years ago — the oldest confirmed case of Down ...
Poulnabrone Dolmen in County Clare, Ireland is a Neolithic era portal tomb which seems to have been used for burials from 3800 to 3200 BC. According to the Irish Archeology web site, it is one of the ...
Ancient goats in the line of fire AMAZING the conundrums the world of nature throws up. We have a situation in the Burren, Co Clare, where a campaign is underway to save a herd of Old Irish goats ...
The State has bought the world-renowned Poulnabrone portal dolmen in the Burren, Co Clare, the Minister for Arts, Heritage, Gaeltacht… Gordon Deegan Fri Nov 09 2001 - 00:00 ...
Ricks concluded the tour by bringing his sculpture to Poulnabrone to display alongside the original dolmen. The following year, it was shown as part of the Futures 12 group exhibition at the RHA.
Poulnabrone, which means literally "the hole of the sorrows" is understood to be 5,800 years old. In 1986, excavation work carried out by Duchas, the Heritage Service discovered a burial chamber ...
The capacity of visitor facilities proposed for the 5,000-year-old Poulnabrone tomb in the Burren has been halved in order to preserve "the spiritual quality of the landscape surrounding the tomb".
Many of us are heading overseas this summer, but here’s the story of a family that stayed home, recapturing the spirit of childhood holidays on the west coast Poulnabrone Dolmen in the Burren ...