Turoe and Athenry:
Ancient Capitals of Celtic Ireland
By Fr. Tom O’Connor
Edited by Dr. Kieran Jordan
INTRODUCTION
- The Ulidian Tales, Ireland’s oldest
legends, tell of continuous warfare between Ulster and Connaught.
- Ptolemy’s 1st Century A.D. map of Ireland shows a Royal site in
Galway.
- The
Turoe Stone, the best Celtic stone artwork in Europe,
was found in Galway.
- Ireland’s oldest origin legends tell of the
Fir Belg invasion through the Iron Age seaport near Clarinbridge and the
establishment of a Royal site in Galway.
- Ptolemy’s ‘most
illustrious city in all Britannia’ was in Galway.
- Yet, despite all
this evidence, Irish history books do not record anything of interest in
Galway during the Iron Age.
- This
new book (launch date: July 13th 2003) describes and shows evidence
for extensive linear fortifications, an extensive ancient road network and
several ROYAL sites, all in Galway.
- This evidence, along with the
documentary, legendary and oral history evidence, indicates that Galway
was of immense importance during the Iron Age in Ireland.
Book Launch
PHOTOGRAPHS (July 13th 2003)
Book Launch
PRESS RELEASE (July 18th 2003)
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