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In Newgrange Archaeology, Art and Legend Professor
Michael O'Kelly presents the full results of his excavations at Newgrange between 1962 and 1975. Every stage in the excavation, interpretation
and restoration of the site is described and illustrated with additional
contributions from Claire O'Kelly, who collaborated in her husband's work
at Newgrange. More...
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Newgrange and the Bend of the Boyne by Geraldine Stout. This wonderful 260 page historical geography of the Boyne Valley covers 7000 years, from
prehistory to the twentieth century. The megalithic mounds at Newgrange, Knowth and
Dowth are extensively covered.
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Exploring Newgrange by Liam Mac Uistin. An good
introduction to Newgrange and the other Boyne Valley Tombs at Knowth and Dowth.
This very readable and well structured compact book includes drawings,
maps and photographs.
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Treasures of the Boyne Valley by Peter Harbison.
Well presented book on the Boyne Valley, covering it's history, the
landscape and the peoples who have left their imprint since
pre-history. The section on Newgrange and the other stone age sites
of the Boyne Valley comprises 24 pages.
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The Stones of Time - Calendars, Sundials and Stone
Chambers of Ancient Ireland by Martin Brennan. First
published in 1983 as The Stars and the Stones. The stone complexes of
ancient Ireland have been extensively excavated and studied, yet they have
refused to give up their mystery. The real function of these ancient structures
can be understood only when the art and architecture are seen to be parts of a
unified whole. More ...
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Newgrange - Temple to Life by Chris O'Callaghan challenges the claim that
Newgrange was a burial tomb. Chris O'Callaghan argues that the
classification of Newgrange as a passage grave "seriously
misrepresents" what the ancient people who built the monument were about.
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The Boyne - A Valley of Kings by Henry Boylan.
The author follows the course of the river Boyne, taking the reader
on visits to the famous sites and ancient monuments at Newgrange,
Tara, Kells, Monasterboice etc and giving a fascinating and lively
narrative on the people, events and legends of the area.
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Spirit Mound is a novel that focuses
on the building of Newgrange when ancient tribes gathered in the
Boyne River Valley to form a communal alliance consisting of the
wheat tribe, the heron tribe and the wolf tribe. Oonah, chief of the
wolf tribe, receives visions to build a spirit connector in which
ashes of the deceased were to be placed in an inner chamber. There,
during each winter solstice, the
sun's rays would energize the spirits to come forth and communicate
with the living up to our own time.
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Newgrange Speaks for Itself:
Forty Carved Motifs & Related Site Features by Jacqueline Ingalls Garnett.
Firmly grounded in Newgrange's structure and engravings, this book offers revolutionary
insights into its religion and its science. Forty motifs are explained as emblems of features meant to ensure life beyond the grave,
including the nine "rungs" in the passage, the "leak" in the chamber, the stone bowl and marbles,
and sightlines through the vault.
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Newgrange: The Mystery of the Chequered Lights
by Hugh Kearns. More than 5,000 years ago, an extraordinary race of people lived in Ireland.
Farmers, engineers and astronomers, they carved their knowledge into history with tools made of Flint.
At the bend of the River Boyne,
they built a supremely accurate observatory, a repository of their ingenuity.
It is a monument to immortality - with a twist.
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The Princes of Ireland is a
novel which begins in tribal, pre-Christian
Ireland during the reign of the mighty High Kings at Tara.
The prologue to the novel sets the scene of
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