book: Island of the Setting Sun: In Search of Ireland's Ancient Astronomers

book: Island of the Setting Sun: In Search of Ireland's Ancient Astronomers | Anthony Murphy, Richard Moore ...

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	• Island of the Setting Sun: In Search of Ireland's Ancient Astronomers Anthony Murphy, Richard Moore Liffey Press, 2007 - 326 pages average customer review:based on 1 review view larger image
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ireland of the setting sun

This absorbing book is a joy to read, and I have given it pride of place on my favourites' shelf. Written in an easy story style, it yet presents an immense amount of innovative, intense, and wide-ranging research into the extraordinary Neolithic monuments of central eastern Ireland. Alignments are described that stretch across the ancient landscape, from the estuary of the river Boyne, to Newgrange and Tara, taking in many other standing stones, mounds and raths. As we read of these stones and cairns, all described with clear and methodical astronomical descriptions relating them to the cycles of the seasons and the events of the ancient sky, a stunning picture emerges of Neolithic technology and astronomical knowledge, and the will to lay out the events of the sky across the very land of Ireland, uniting earth and sky. But there is more than careful measurements in this book, the authors also tell of folklore and place names associated with these alignments, and do so in a careful and considered manner which brings the wonder and possible meanings of these myths to life. The book is an honest and powerful step into the world of the ancestors, their science and their beliefs, and will serve, I have no doubt, as an important milestone into our understanding of the ancient past, one which other researchers will hopefully build on for years to come. Well done, both!

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