stones historical ireland

One of the great wonders of the ancient world, Newgrange is older than Stonehenge, Mycenae or even the pyramids in Egypt. Brú na Bóinne Visitor Centre is the starting point for a tour of Newgrange....

A standing stone, 17 feet high, looking almost like a modern piece of sculpture.
An ogham inscription, possibly added later, reads MAQI-DECCEDDAS AVI TURANIAS (Of the son of Deich descendant of Torainn).- To no one is really sure what the scription on the stones means or who was Deich or Torainn.

As the stone is standing on private land, visitors will be asked to pay 2euro to the land owner to see the stone....

A large flat stone, now leaning though originally upright, with a hole 6 inches wide at one end. It may have been a so-called 'port-hole' stone which closed the chamber of a megalithic tomb. However, the traditional explanation - as usual, much more romantic and appealing - is that it was a stone used at the dawn of history by Niall of the Nine Hostages to tie up Eochaidh, son of Enna Eochaidh broke the chain and took his revenge by killing the nine men whom Niall had sent to kill him. Up til...

The Ogham stones were found built into the roof of a souterrain, and have a now been re-erected above ground and fenced off. The inscriptions are as follows: MANU MAGUNO GATI MOCOI MOCORBO CALUNOVIC. MAQI MUCOI LIT... MAQI-INI...TTEAS CUNALEGEA MAQI C ... SALAR CELI AVI QUECI BIGU MAQI LAG BIR MAQI MUCOI ROTTAIS MAQI NE ... ROTTAIS MAQI NE ... AS DENAVEC ... COI MEDALO BRO ... AS SOVALINI over which was later written DEAGOS MAQI MUCO ... NAI...

The White Stone of Kilcroagh is a mystical standing stone of white quartz on the outskirts of Castlederg....