Carlin and his team noted that most individuals buried in the passage tombs were not close relatives, which disproves the ...

A reanalysis of ancient DNA shows that a major cultural change took place in Ireland after four centuries of farming.

In County Meath in eastern Ireland sits the world heritage site of Brú na Bóinne. The late 4th millennium BC megalithic tombs have been labeled "passage tombs" by archaeologists because they typically ...

There are 35,000 examples of megaliths in Europe, with the earliest, in Western France, dating back to 4700 BC. Meanwhile, examples in western Britain and Ireland go back to around 3900 BC.

The Office of Public Works (OPW) has announced an exciting new art exhibition at Brú na Bóinne by artist Erika Tyner, which ...

In Ireland, the spring equinox delivers a phenomenon to the Loughcrew Cairns in Co Meath that is very similar to the winter solstice event at Newgrange, also in Co Meath. The Loughcrew Megalithic ...

Genetic analysis of human remains within several of the tombs initially seemed to reinforce this. But our latest research has ...