Experience Mythical Ireland: New Light On The Ancient Past Developed By Anthony Murphy Exhibited In Leaflet

bought this book at the Museum of Archaeology in Dublin, Ireland, I did find it interesting, It has some really amazing photography and it delves into some of the legends of Irish prehistory, While it did have some information about archaeological sites such as Newgrange, it was really more of a meditation, almost New Age, on the region and how it might have been perceived by these ancient people.
Again, a nice read, but I would have liked a bit more archaeology, Absolutely gorgeous. A perfect merging of ancient myth and contemporary reflection, Murphy hands us his heart through these pages and I want to hand mine right back, Well done. Stunning photos along with an interesting and poetic meditation on some stunning historic sites in the Boyne Valley.
Highly recommended. Mythical Ireland embodies the search for a soul among Irelands ancient ruins, and is an attempt to retrieve something of deeper import from,yearold
megalithic monuments and their associated myths.


The book represents a fascinating and engaging journey through time, landscape and the human spirit, Dealing with archaeology, interpretive mythography, cosmology and cosmogony, Murphy attempts to grapple with a core meaning, something beyond the functional interpretations of academia.


Along the way, the book delves deeply into the many enthralling aspects of this journey, Just how much knowledge did locals have of the secrets of Newgrange before it was excavated Who is the Cailleach, the ancient hag goddess whose image is ubiquitous in the ancient landscape What happened
to make Irelands Stonehenge disappear from the landscape What connects Fourknocks, a tiny passagetomb, with the stones of Newgrange What were the indigenous Irish myths about the Milky Way Did someone try to steal the Tara Brooch Why are there myths in Ireland about flooded towns and cities

Lavishly illustrated with exquisite photographs of the Irish landscape and ancient monuments, Mythical Ireland represents a personal and yet universal journey, a quest to reimagine the monuments as empowering and transformative sacred places.
Murphy invokes the druids and poets of the Boyne and thus the sídhe of the ancient texts are reawakened for a modern and turbulent world.


About the Author
Anthony Murphy is a journalist, photographer and the author of Island
of the Setting Sun: In Search of Irelands Ancient Astronomers with Richard
Moore, Newgrange: Monument to Immortality, Land of the EverLiving
Ones and The Cry of the Sebac.
He lives in Drogheda and manages the website www, mythicalireland. com. history, myth, evocative prose. anyone looking to really see the reality of the landscape must read this! I am a journalist, author and photographer living in Drogheda, Ireland, with my wife Ann and our five children.
I live four miles from Newgrange, a,year old stone monument in the Boyne Valley, My exploration of the valley over the pastyears has led been a huge influence in my work, both non fiction and fiction.
I am the author with artist Richard Mooreof Island of the Setting Sun: In Search of Irelands Ancient Astronomers Liffey Press,,.
I wrote Newgrange: Monument to Immortality Liffey Press,, I contributed to The Mythology of Venus, an international collaboration edited by Helen Benigni and featuring a foreword by Morgan Llywelyn.
My latest work of non fiction is called Mythical Ireland: New Light on I am a journalist, author and photographer living in Drogheda, Ireland, with my wife Ann and our five children.
I live four miles from Newgrange, a,year old stone monument in the Boyne Valley, My exploration of the valley over the pastyears has led been a huge influence in my work, both non fiction and fiction.
I am the author with artist Richard Mooreof 'Island of the Setting Sun: In Search of Ireland's Ancient Astronomers' Liffey Press,,.
I wrote 'Newgrange: Monument to Immortality' Liffey Press,, I contributed to 'The Mythology of Venus', an international collaboration edited by Helen Benigni and featuring a foreword by Morgan Llywelyn.
My latest work of non fiction is called 'Mythical Ireland: New Light on the Ancient Past', My first work of fiction was a novella, 'Land of the Ever Living Ones', My second work of fiction is a short novel called 'The Cry of the Sebac', I am the former Editor of the Drogheda Leader newspaper and was also Editor of the Dundalk Democrat newspaper.
I currently work as a sub editor and graphic designer for the Irish Farmers Journal and The Irish

Field newspapers.
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