Following the discovery of ancient remains in a bogland near Bellaghy in October ... Speaking to the Irish Examiner in 2011, Ned Kelly, former keeper of antiquities at the National Museum of ...

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Because of the dry, gray bogland it became known as Lemanaghan, meaning the grey lands of Managhan. The monastic settlement soon became a place of pilgrimage. Over the years, roads covered by peat ...

Ancient human remains uncovered in a Co Derry bog are believed to belong to a young woman who lived over 2,000 years ago and who died violently, likely as part of a ritual sacrifice. Further research ...

Further research has been carried out following the discovery of the now named Ballymacombs More Woman in bogland near Bellaghy in 2023. It had previously been thought that the remains belonged to ...

An Irish farmer recently uncovered an ancient ... “This is only clay ground here, but it maybe was bogland back in time.” Paula Harvey, a local archaeologist, said the butter, which weighs ...

The new service by the Community Climate Change is designed to assist GAA clubs and other community groups in developing ...