What to do and see in Ireland
This is the oldest visible structure on the Hill of Tara. Built as a passage tomb for the collective burial of cremated remains, it dates from the Neolithic or New Stone Age c.3000 B.C. A large amount of cremated bone and grave goods was recovered from this tomb during excavations in the 1950′s. One of [...]
The Church was built in 1822 and is dedicated to St Patrick. It replaced a medieval church, traces of which can be seen in the graveyard to the south-west. The building served the local Church of Ireland community for many years and now houses the Visitor Centre for the Hill of Tara.
Tara, the ancient inauguration site of the High Kings of Ireland, has a large number of earthwork monuments, mostly of a burial or, ritual nature. It is an evocative place, celebrated in myth and legend.
The Cade Fields is the most extensive Stone Age monument in the world dating from 5000-6000 years ago. and lies Beneath the wild unspoilt bogland of North Mayo. Megalithic burial and ceremonial monuments survive in many areas of Ireland and Western Europe, but little or nothing remains of their contemporary landscape. North Mayo not only [...]