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

Oban is a resort town with a population which swells to three times its size during the high season, when people from far and ...

On a riverside in eastern Austria sat a mysterious set of ruins. Some believed it to be an abandoned, run-down castle. Others ...

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In the recent past in rural Ireland, many ringforts were associated with fairy activity and supernatural happenings ...

The site dates back to the Celtic period over 2,300 years ago, archaeologists said, but while the graves remain, the bodies ...

How many fairy forts in Ireland? Somewhere between 45,000 and 60,000 is a very rough estimate, but in all probability there ...

Although our hillfort in Weston is not the biggest, it is a contender to be considered the most important in Britain and Ireland, writes W. Fraher.

Archaeologists digging under the Church of the Holy Sepulchre in ­Jerusalem have found signs of an ancient garden that ... Join the Irish Independent WhatsApp channel Stay up to date with all ...

Dates: 3100 B.C. to 30 B.C. Writing: Hieroglyphics, a writing system that uses pictures; hieratic, a quicker type of "cursive"; and demotic, a written short-form script Ancient Egypt's gods ...

They didn't get out of first gear but Celtic didn't need to to swat aside Hearts. A double from Daizen Maeda either side of a Jota strike put the Hoops three points closer to the Premiership title.

He may be in favour with the Trump administration, but Conor McGregor's chances of making the ballot paper in Ireland's presidential poll are close to zero, experts tell Euroverify. Former martial ...