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Day 3: Newgrange and Trim to Kilkenny
... our tour to start. While we waited I took some video of the countryside all around Newgrange. You could see most of County Meath from the hilltop. It was really pretty. There were other smaller unexplored portal tombs around Newgrange as well. While we ...
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Day 7: The Oldest Tomb in Europe
... tons, and the rocks that were used to create it came from at least 20 kilometers away. At that time, Ireland would have been heavily forested, so it would have been impossible for the early Irish to drag these stones through the trees; ...
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Hill of Tara, Trim Castle, New Grange Monterboice
... 're packing as much in as possible. We've decided to add Trim Castle to the list. It's the largest Anglo-Norman castle in Ireland, and is reputed as the king of Irish castles. It was "the" castle in the film Braveheart. The castle is huge, but ...
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Heaven
... dull but this is the kind of thing I spent hours and hours studying for, testing on, and writing about in college. I'm kind of obsessed and to actually see a site like this in person is a dream come true! This was certainly my favorite day in ...
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Ireland Day 4
... minor hicups in the airport (did a lap) we finally found our way out of there. Our first stop was Newgrange and Knowth. These are ancient tombs and places of worship according to the tour guides. To describe them would be massive, man ...
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Newgrange, Knowth, then Trim
later ...
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A Day of Exploring Things of Old
... one of the locals). We set out in the afternoon driving to the ancient round burial grounds of Knowth and NewGrange. Dad is enjoying driving in Ireland...he seems to have a handle on zipping really fast on the 2 lane roads that curve and meander ...
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School of Rocks
... even faster. So, on foot and wheels, we made our way out to the shuttle buses that took us to the first site, Knowth. This is basically several huge mounds of dirt that, from afar, would just look like hills. What makes them interesting, though, are the ...
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Knowth Passage Tomb
There are many tombs here - with the largest having two passage tombs in it. The kerbstones around this tomb and the surrounding tombs are the largest surviving collection of neolithic art - possibly up to 30% of all in Europe. ...
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- Bend of the Boyne
- Newgrange
- Hill of Slane
- Oldbridge Estate/Battle of the Boyne Visitors Centre
- Mellifont Abbey
- T. & H. Doolan
- Millmount Museum and Martello Tower
- Bru na Boinne
- Monasterboice Monastic Site
- Athlumney Castle
- County Louth Golf Club
- Laytown and Bettystown Golf Club
- Four Knocks
- Parkview Equestrian Centre
- Drumcondra
- Hill of Tara (Temair)
- Lawless's
- Ardgillan Castle and Park
- Trim Castle
- Butterstream Gardens