New genetic research challenges the traditional view of Stone Age tombs in Ireland, revealing they were community burial ...

It was assumed for a long time that Stone Age tombs in Ireland were built for royalty. However, a new DNA analysis of 55 ...

A new study contradicts the long-held assumption that Ireland’s Neolithic passage tombs were reserved for members of an elite ...

Archaeologists have long debated who was buried in these megalithic monuments and whether the tombs served other purposes, such as rituals, ceremonies, or displays. The prevailing view was that these ...

A reanalysis of ancient DNA shows that a major cultural change took place in Ireland after four centuries of farming.

In County Meath in eastern Ireland sits the world heritage site of Brú na Bóinne. The late 4th millennium BC megalithic tombs have been labelled “passage tombs” by archaeologists because they ...

The late 4th millennium BC megalithic tombs have been labelled "passage tombs" by archaeologists because they ... and social structure in Neolithic Ireland. Together, this evidence deconstructs the ...

The Human Tissue Act (2024) will introduce this approach to Ireland, a part of the EU. Northern Ireland, part of the UK and outside the EU, already has such a system in place. To date, no legal ...

Previous genetic evidence suggested that Newgrange and other large passage tombs ... evidence from megalithic tombs, indicates that most individuals buried together in Ireland’s Neolithic ...

Ireland is a land rich with mystery and ... if it approved the inauguration of a worthy high king. The megalithic passage tomb at Tara, the Mound of the Hostages, is the oldest monument on the ...