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Knockroe Passage Tomb near Windgap in County Kilkenny was only rediscovered during the 1980s. Like Newgrange, the dawn light on the Winter solstice aligns with the structure, but unlike Newgrange so…
Reading the Wikipedia page on Dungannon, Co Tyrone I came across this: An interesting feature of the town is the former police barracks at the top right-hand corner of the market square…
On the website Thinking Faith, Emma Holland has an interesting piece on the resurgence of popularlity of pilgrimage. I’ve blogged a lot here about Peter Reason’s “In Search of Grace” a book which is…
Kilcooley Abbey, near Gortnahoe in Tipperary is part of the Kilcooley Estate. One of the most striking features of the estate is tthe pyramid shaped mausoleum of the Barker family: This pyramid…
The current New Yorker features a piece by Brooke Jarvis on the maybe-extinct, maybe-not Tasmanian tiger, or thylacine. About fifteen years ago I had a cryptozoological phase, with occasional relapses.…
Via Medievalists.Net, I came across this paper from 1998 this paper (on page 175 of the PDF): Abstract : This paper explores the phenomenon of ships voyaging in the sky.…
I’m sure you’ve asked yourself the same question… well, here is the answer…. Basically, it’s all down to the soil: After studying available seismological, geotechnical and structural information, the research…
Séamus Sweeney 