Monday 28th May (8pm)
Anthony Murphy & Richard Moore of Mythical Ireland
Claddagh Hall 8PM
Talk Entitled: "Astronomy in Ireland during the Neolithic Ages"
Authors of a new book, "Island of the Setting Sun - In Search of Ireland's Ancient Astronomers". Their book is a comprehensive account of the ancient astronomers who built the remarkable megalithic monuments and left a vast astronomical legacy in their myths and stones. Their talk will go behind the scenes to reveal the megalithic builders of the Stone Age who were cunning engineers and master astronomers. They systematically assembled a vast calendrical and astronomical scheme which has stood intact over five millennia. Today, the individual monuments which each form a part of that complicated astronomical assembly lie decaying in the landscape, straddling the Boyne river with famous examples, such as Newgrange and Dowth, featuring alignments to the winter solstice sun.
See
www.mythicalireland.com
.
Also short talk afterwards by myself on 10th anniversary of Comet Hale Bopp
Ronan Newman
  