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NEW! The March Equinox Alignment at Cairn T, Loughcrew Co. Meath, 21st March 2008

A special winter solstice photographic essay from the Boyne Valley, 21st December 2007


Welcome!
This site contains a selection of my photographic detours around Ireland, with a heavy emphasis on ancient Irish monuments. Some are well known icons of Irish heritage that feature regularly on calendars and postcards, others are un-sung treasures or have been simply forgotten and neglected. All of them offer fascinating insights into the culture of the late Stone Age and early Bronze Age people of Ireland who constructed these sculptures in stone as early as 7,000 years ago. These core photographic records of Irelands oldest building work and artwork are complemented by landscapes of Ireland and beyond as well as a selection of the many faces of the animal kingdom. All of the photos have higher resolution copies which you can view by clicking on the smaller and medium thumbnails.

I have included brief notes on some of the sites but the curious can find a wealth of information and insights into Ancient Ireland by exploring the links at the bottom of this page.

Click for latest updates (20th March 2007)

20/03/07 Special gallery of photographs from the equinox event at Loughcrew
4/03/07 Total Lunar Eclipse from the Hill of Tara
23/2/07 New section added: Megaliths of Portugal
10/01/07 Gortnavern Dolmen, Co. Donegal
4/01/07 King's Mountain Standing Stone and Rock Art, Co. Meath
4/01/07 Winter Solstice at Newgrange and Dowth
3/01/07 Sess Kilgreen Passage Tomb and rock art, Co. Tyrone
2/10/06 Ballinvally Stone Circle, Co. Meath
12/09/06 New photos added to the Hill of Tara page
12/09/06 Tirnorny Dolmen, Co. Derry
12/09/06 Knocknaneirk Stone Circle, Co. Cork
12/09/06 Cloghboola Beg (Millstreet Country Park) Co. Cork
12/09/06 Dromroe Stone Circle, Co. Kerry
12/09/06 Glantane East (West) Stone Circle, Co. Cork
14/05/06 Castlelanacht Stone Row, Boleycarrigeen Stone Circle, Finn McCools Finger's (Stone Row), Dun Ruadh Ring Cairn
28/02/06 Drombeg sunrise, Garrane Stone row, Glandine Stone Pair, Ballymote Standing Stone
12/02/06 Tara, Dowth, Legannany Dolmen, Giants Ring Belfast.


Many thanks to Megalithomania.com and Irishmegaliths.org.uk for the endless encouragement and logistical help, please support these valuable resources that contribute so greatly to the better awareness and understanding of Irelands ancient heritage.