The Irish Times

Was Drombeg’s stone circle designed using skills learned in Babylon?

Murky grey clouds and a spattering of rain mark our pre-dawn arrival at Drombeg stone circle in Glandore, west Cork. On December 21st, visitors will descend on the megalithic “sacred site” in the hope ...
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"A place of sacrifice": Tour the stone circle that freaked out a 1930s psychic

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Irish Examiner

Summer Solstice: Why it's earlier this year and how many hours of daylight to expect

Visitors wait to welcome the summer solstice at Drombeg Stone Circle outside Glandore, Co Cork. This year the solstice falls on June 20, the earliest since 1796. Picture: David Creedon June 20 marks ...
Irish Examiner

Cork photographer’s stone circle snap lights up the Smithsonian

The image is one of 100 photographs featured as part of the Lights Out: Recovering Our Night Sky exhibit which runs at the Smithsonian from March 2023 until December 2025 The International Space ...
Irish Central

The ancient stone circles and dolmens scattered across Ireland

Many of Ireland’s backroads lead to ancient Megalithic structures that beckon one to imagine what life would have been like between 4600 and 600 BC when most stone circles and dolmens (portal tombs) ...