The latest tranche of records from the Virtual Record Treasury of Ireland (VRTI) has 175,000 new documents lost in a fire at ...

The location of Carrowmore megalithic cemetery is on the Knocknarae peninsula in county Sligo, Ireland. Carrowmore is one of the 4 major passage tomb cemeteries in Ireland, the other 3 being Loughcrew ...

New Irish-led research casts doubts over suggestions that an incestuous social elite ruled over the ancient people of Ireland 5500 years ago.

Reports of Neolithic Irish god-kings, descended through an incest-practicing social elite, are lacking in evidence, say a ...

A new study challenges the idea that the so-called "king" buried at Newgrange was part of a royal dynasty in Ireland.

Stone Age Ireland was likely not ruled over by incestuous “god-kings” 5500 years ago, as previously thought, a team of ...

In 2020, archaeologists in Ireland first announced a startling find at Newgrange, a giant Neolithic burial chamber 30 miles ...

U nlike ancient Egypt, Hawai’i, or the Inca Empire, Neolithic Ireland probably wasn’t governed by a dynasty of demi-gods who ...

New research has cast doubt over suggestions that an incestuous social elite ruled over the ancient people of Ireland more ...

Unburnt bone fragments recovered from inside Newgrange during the 1960s excavations. No restrictions. Disclaimer: AAAS and ...

From RTÉ Radio 1's Morning Ireland, new study shows that Newgrange tombs were not just burial places for elites. What our research reveals is a complex pattern of small, mobile groups who moved ...