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Celtic Ireland
"Long ago, beyond the misty space
Of twice a thousand years
In Erin old there dwelt a mighty race
Taller than Roman spears".
The Celts, Thomas D'Arcy McGeeís
The celts have left deep roots on Ireland, not only handcrafted circles and monuments but legenda that often originate from celtic locations still found on the hills or near the rivers. Near the Neolithic tombs and sacred places hidden trasures are protected by spirits that frighten searchers by assumine hideous shapes. The old traditions of magic and wizardry survived so strongly that still today you can find reverente for holy weels and trees inhabited by the fairies. The Hill of Tara according to tradition was the seat of Árd Rí na hÉireann, the High Kings of Ireland, a sort of Celtic Camelot where the Stone of Destiny is believed to be the at which the High Kings were crowned. Louchgrew Hills, near Oldcastle, is the site of megalithic burial grounds dating back to approximately 3500 and 3300 BC, situated over the top of a hill in the middle of hills and valleys. A unique style of megalithic petroglyphs are seen there, lozenge and leaf shapes, circles and radiating lines. Newgrange, older than the Pyramids of Eygypt is a complex of burial chambers inside mounds of about 80 metres in diameter. Into this Ireland of warrior princes and cattle-raids St. Patrick preached the Christian faith in the mid-fifth century, but in a country with a so strong culture even the holy places and objects of pre-Christian Ireland were incorporated into the Christian tradition. The monastery of Clonmacnoise, founded between 545 and 548 by Ciarán Mac a tSaor, become the most famous in Ireland, visited by scholars from all over Europe. Many of the high kings of Tara and Connacht were buried here. On the Irish Far-West, in the Dingle's peninsula, The Gallarus Oratory, was built with a technique developed by Neotlithic tomb-makers.
Of twice a thousand years
In Erin old there dwelt a mighty race
Taller than Roman spears".
The Celts, Thomas D'Arcy McGeeís
The celts have left deep roots on Ireland, not only handcrafted circles and monuments but legenda that often originate from celtic locations still found on the hills or near the rivers. Near the Neolithic tombs and sacred places hidden trasures are protected by spirits that frighten searchers by assumine hideous shapes. The old traditions of magic and wizardry survived so strongly that still today you can find reverente for holy weels and trees inhabited by the fairies. The Hill of Tara according to tradition was the seat of Árd Rí na hÉireann, the High Kings of Ireland, a sort of Celtic Camelot where the Stone of Destiny is believed to be the at which the High Kings were crowned. Louchgrew Hills, near Oldcastle, is the site of megalithic burial grounds dating back to approximately 3500 and 3300 BC, situated over the top of a hill in the middle of hills and valleys. A unique style of megalithic petroglyphs are seen there, lozenge and leaf shapes, circles and radiating lines. Newgrange, older than the Pyramids of Eygypt is a complex of burial chambers inside mounds of about 80 metres in diameter. Into this Ireland of warrior princes and cattle-raids St. Patrick preached the Christian faith in the mid-fifth century, but in a country with a so strong culture even the holy places and objects of pre-Christian Ireland were incorporated into the Christian tradition. The monastery of Clonmacnoise, founded between 545 and 548 by Ciarán Mac a tSaor, become the most famous in Ireland, visited by scholars from all over Europe. Many of the high kings of Tara and Connacht were buried here. On the Irish Far-West, in the Dingle's peninsula, The Gallarus Oratory, was built with a technique developed by Neotlithic tomb-makers.
