It was assumed for a long time that Stone Age tombs in Ireland were built for royalty. However, a new DNA analysis of 55 ...

A new study contradicts the long-held assumption that Ireland’s Neolithic passage tombs were reserved for members of an elite ...

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 ...

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

Archaeologists have identified four different types of ancient tombs in Ireland, including three simple types used in the early Neolithic and a fourth type called "developed passage graves" that ...

“Traditionally, it has been considered that large passage tombs like Newgrange were the burial places of special or important ...

The Boyne Palace contains some of the most important historic sites and monuments in Ireland, including the massive, ancient passage tombs of Newgrange, Knowth, and Dowth, the pagan headquarters ...

The Minister for Heritage has announced that the Historic Astronomical Observatories of Ireland have been added to the World ...

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

But the researchers suggest that the clusters of passage tombs in Neolithic Ireland show that disparate groups of people came together, perhaps seasonally, to participate in ceremonial activities ...

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