Tag Archives: Stone age

Dolmain Chnoc an Bhrúnaigh – Monochrome Madness Challenge

For this weeks Monochrome Challenge over on Leanne Cole’s Blog, I  picked an image which as it happens, was origionaly posted on this very day one year ago. As It happened, I had taken a road trip down to Carlow … Continue reading

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Brownshill Dolmen

So yesterday I had to drive for an hour down to Carlow on a special mission for Santa Claus, which turned out to be a disaster. With Ryan and his older cousin Scott in the car I was determined not … Continue reading

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Boherboy Stone Pair

The main purpose of my recent trip to Saggart was to visit this wonderful pair of megalithic standing stones. I had previously visited these many years ago with a friend and seem to recall that they were under threat at … Continue reading

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Johnstown Standing Stone

Aside from Castles, my favourite sites to explore are the many standing stones to be found scattered around the country. Marking the land like the needles of an acupuncturist, in fact I was once told that they were used by … Continue reading

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Hell Fire Club

The Hell Fire Club, Perched high on a mountain-top overlooking the city of Dublin, is undoubtedly the area’s most famous landmark. I remember when during the summer holidays a group of us would often spend the day here after hiking … Continue reading

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