The Royal Sites of Ireland is a cross-border cultural heritage project in collaboration between the Irish Government, the Northern Ireland Executive.
A Royal Irish Journey: Exploring the Hill of Tara with Neil Jackman
Bealtaine Festival – Documented through the years (2017-2024)
Sally Mooney talks about the ancient Celtic festival of Bealtaine. She speaks of the importance of the Hill of Uisneach, the tradition of handfasting at this time, and the significance of the Hawthorn tree.
This book explores the History of Cashel from earliest times to the modern day and accompanies the tale with black and white and colour images.
Excavations at the Rock of Cashel. We join Dr. Patrick Gleeson at the Rock of Cashel for a trench-side chat.
This four-week field season is designed to offer students the opportunity to participate in all aspects of an archaeological excavation.
Looming large over the plains of Kildare is a large tree-lined hill. This is Dún Áilinne, believed to be one of Ireland’s ancient ‘royal sites’, and a place of significance for millennia
The Rock of Cashel, also known as Cashel of the Kings and St. Patrick’s Rock, is a historic site located at Cashel, County Tipperary, Ireland.
The site of Dn Ailinne is one of four major ritual sites from the Irish Iron Age, each said to form the centre of a political kingdom and thus described as "royal."
The Navan Research Group (NRG) was formed in the spring of 1986, when quarrying threatened to destroy the archaeological remains of Navan Fort (Emain Macha), Ulster's ancient capital.
In this episode, Neil travels to one of Ireland’s most significant archaeological landscapes, Rathcroghan, to discover an important and innovative project that is helping farmers to protect the archaeology on their land.
Dig into the Story of Irish Hillforts in Amplify Archaeology Podcast Episode 43 with Dr James O’Driscoll
This volume is the first interdisciplinary study of early Irish kingship, combining archaeology and history; explores Uí Néill, Éoganachta, Tara, Cashel, led by Patrick Gleeson.
The guide presents an overview of the archaeology of Navan Fort, County Armagh, the Early Iron Age monument identified in early written sources as Emain Macha, the headquarters and sacred space of the Ulster king Conchobar and his warriors.
In this episode, Mol returns home to Tulsk to talk to Elaine Conroy and Daniel Curley, two historians from Rathcroghan Visitor Centre, to talk about the area of Rathcroghan; Ireland's Ancient Capital.
Procession and symbolism at Tara: analysis of Tech Midchúarta (the Banqueting Hall) in the context of the sacral campus
The authors have completed a major programme of archaeological field research in the Rathcroghan area of Roscommon in the west of Ireland.
The Royal sites of Ireland are said to be places that are since time immemorial, the capitals of major regional territories on the island of Ireland and places where political power and authority stems from.
Authoritative essays on ritual kingship and Tara’s sacred landscape.
Archaeologist Daniel Curley revisits ancient sites across Roscommon
Underneath a hawthorn tree yawns the black mouth of a cave. Is it the Gates of Hell? Or a portal to the Otherworld?
The hill of Uisneach lies almost exactly at the geographical centre of Ireland. Remarkably, a fraction at least of the ancient Irish population was aware of that fact.
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The Thompson Family (Dún Ailinne)
Farming Rathcroghan
Rathcroghan Visitor Centre
The Clarke Family (Uisneach)
The Hill of Uisneach Visitor Centre