Archaeologists in Northern Ireland searching for a medieval castle recently discovered 9,000-year-old flint tools and Bronze ...

The origins of the Celtic languages are cloaked in mystery. With desperately few written records, its story survives only in ...

Evidence from Newgrange suggests ancient Ireland was more egalitarian than once believed, with no clear signs of a ruling ...

Linguists at Aberystwyth University have launched the first comprehensive dictionary to capture every known word of the Celtic languages spoken in Britain and Ireland between 325 BC and AD 500. The ...

ATU researchers discovered the 5,500-year-old wildcat in a cave in Clare, marking a breakthrough in understanding Ireland’s ...

The earliest directly dated wildcat (Felis silvestris) ever found in Ireland has been identified, confirming the species ...

Archaeologists have found evidence that a vast temple complex existed in a famous prehistoric site in County Armagh. The researchers have found evidence of a temple complex that dates back to the Iron ...

Archaeologists discovered the remains of a 5,500-year-old wildcat, placing the species on Irish soil almost 4,000 years ...

In Northern Ireland, not far from the city of Armagh, sits the archaeological site of Navan Fort, a prehistoric hub linked to historic kings and legendary heroes. Substantial livestock remains found ...

This is a preview. Log in through your library . Abstract Hillforts are one of the best known, and certainly the largest, monuments of the later prehistoric period in Ireland. Their immense size ...