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Dawn Solstice by
Olivia Kiernan.
Archaeologist, Dawn Kennedy, is sent to work at
Newgrange. She is drawn
to studfarm owner Evan O'Brien but their relationship seems thwarted from the
start. The locals talk of The Legend of the Banshee, a harbinger of death and
when Dawn is haunted by a strange spectre, she feels the past reach out to her.
Soon she is living in fear, fear of love, the banshee and Ireland's fractured
history and Newgrange seems to be waiting, waiting for her to love, waiting for
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Winter solstice - A Novel by Lucy Costigan
explores the agonies and the ecstasies of loving and living, and the
individual's attempt to cope with the ensuing chaos. This novel is a rich portrayal of
love and relationships, loss and healing, and offers readers deep insight into ancient
Celtic traditions of spirituality and rebirth.
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Bending The Boyne, ca. 2200 BCE
by J.S. Dunn, a novel of ancient Ireland. The author became interested in the megaliths of the Boyne Valley
and who built them and why. With the coming of metals and marine traders, the communities and mounds fell into disrepair around
the time of 2000 BCE. This novel tells the story of what happened, drawing on
the rich characters from early mythology: Boann, the Dagda, Cian, and others. |
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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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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
ancient Ireland with the winter solstice at Newgrange the centrepiece.
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The Stonehenge Scrolls by K.P. Robbins.
Did Irish Builders Design Stonehenge?
This historical novel says that Irish
builders designed Stonehenge. The author K.P. Robbins writes that a guild of
monument builders trained at Ireland's Newgrange and then traveled the British
Isles to supervise construction of ancient sites, including Stonehenge. |
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Private Tour with pick up and return to your accommodation.
Newgrange World Heritage site, the 10th century High Crosses at Monasterboice,
Hill of Tara the seat of the High Kings, Hill of Tara the seat of the High Kings and the Hill of Slane where St. Patrick let a Paschal fire in 433 More ...