I have put this here with Dale’s permission. It is obviously a plug for a website, albeit a very special one. I think that it will be of interest to many if not most who come here. Enjoy…
www.knowth.com . On it you will find an incredible wealth of information and beautiful detailed photographs and explainations of many of Ireland’s most mysterious and special places such as NewGrange, Knowth, Dowth, Fuair Cnocs, loughcrew and Tara. There is also a fantastic booklist and a great set of links about Ancient Ireland. The owner of the site, Michael Fox has really done a fantastic job with it. I hope y’all like it. I’ve learned a lot by visiting there.
Chuir Tuatha de Dannan an talamh glas saibhir faoina n-eisint.
Agus chuir an talamh glas saibhir Tuatha de Danaan faoina eisint féin
I’m realy into this Ancient Celtic history stuff! I have bookmarked this site and will probably printout most of it for my research files. I have a site to give you in return.
This site will STUN you! If Mr Miller is correct, he has linked the matematicians of Ptolemy’s era and the world pyramid builders to the advent of the Celtic Cross/Norse Wheel as a Surveyors device AND an ancient navigational tool! I have seen similarities in the Aztec “Tree of Life/Staff of Power” and the Egyptian “Ankh” to the Celtic Cross. After reading this, I’m sure you will never look at this symbol in the same light.
Tell me what you think.(?)
Here is a site that establishes a link with the Voyages of St Brendan in the 6th century(his symbol was the celtic cross)with an ancient “henge” petrogyph of christian origin in the same time period!
Religion aside, I believe St Brendan established a missionary outpost here and then sailed back to Ireland. Viking sites in New Hampshire are dated to 800 B.C.E. and St Brendan writes about “legends of the promised land across the sea” that were told to him by sailors.
Some say Christopher Columbus read about St Brendan’s journey 900 years before his as well as the Norse Sagas of A.D. 1000. He Used the “Navigators Cross” as his symbol too. Curious, isn’t it?
WOW. Thanks so much for that website!! Some amazing stuff. I’ve seen the book about Brenden the Navigator in a local bookstore which I will be visiting later today, and I’ll definitly be ordering his other book soon. What an awesome revelation! I’ll wear my Celtic cross with newfound pride. Thanks again!
I like this pic from that web site (Fourknocks). It reminds us that what goes around comes around, even in art, or old snow treads written in stone. You sure you didn’t drive one of your classics over there Paul?
Co. Sligo also has some interesting sites, particularly Maeve’s Cairn on the summit of Knocknarea. It is thought that there may be a passage tomb beneath the cairn, but it hasn’t been excavated to find out for sure. For fear of invoking the vicious wrath of Queen Maeve (who is said to be buried upright under the cairn), people don’t mess with her burial place.
