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Hillforts
Irish Hillforts – What do we know? As you walk around any modern city, nearly always your eyes will be drawn to the architecture. The style, scale, and shape of the buildings captures our attention, eliciting emotions and leaving an enduring impression. I have had the privilege of visiting many cities around the world and…
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Life in the Iron Age
A day in an Irish Hillfort Life in the Iron Age is hard for us to picture today. With some 1,500 years of history in between, it’s difficult to underestimate the great social chasm that time lays between us and our ancestors. And yet, for any who have the eyes to see, all around us…
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Mythology and History of Rathcroghan
Ireland’s Ancient Metropolis Little inspires the imagination as vividly as walking through the ruined remains of a once thriving metropolis. Seeing the great stones of buildings, the hills and walkways where our ancestors would have stepped, or just the sense of scale of a place which has fallen so far from its place of greatness.…