# hidden-ireland - Friday 12 June, 2015
Want to explore Ireland’s history? Archaeologist Neil Jackman has two suggestions for you to visit in Kilkenny.
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# hidden-ireland - Friday 15 May, 2015
Archaeologist Neil Jackman explores one of the country’s finest stone circles and the quiet final resting place of a remarkable penal times priest.
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# hidden-ireland - Friday 17 April, 2015
Archaeologist Neil Jackman explores two of Ireland’s most intriguing ancient sites – the Caves of Keash and Dun Aonghasa.
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# hidden-ireland - Saturday 4 April, 2015
Fancy stretching the legs over the Easter weekend? Archaeologist Neil Jackman has more suggestions for great historical sites to visit around the island of Ireland.
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# hidden-ireland - Saturday 21 March, 2015
The Careys had a round tower, a medieval Norman-style hall and Gothic and Romanesque arches in their palatial 19th century pad.
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# hidden-ireland - Saturday 7 March, 2015
St Canice’s Cathedral – and its fantastically-preserved round tower – is a jewel in the centre of medieval Kilkenny.
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# hidden-ireland - Saturday 21 February, 2015
Archaeologist Neil Jackman finds medieval magic in Limerick and a splendid demesne in Derry.
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# hidden-ireland - Saturday 7 February, 2015
Discover this magical ancient site in Co Limerick, and a monastic complex that saved locals from slaughter in Kilkenny as Neil Jackman’s Heritage Ireland returns.
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# hidden-ireland - Sunday 18 January, 2015
Artist Pamela de Brí found lots of interesting people and places during her trip.
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# hidden-ireland - Saturday 3 January, 2015
Take some time out to read all about these pockets of Ireland’s past.
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# hidden-ireland - Monday 27 October, 2014
And this man has written a book about them.
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# hidden-ireland - Saturday 18 October, 2014
Archaeologist Neil Jackman tours Dunluce Castle in Antrim, the ‘least-understood’ of the Boyne Valley tombs, and the wonderful Drumcliff in Sligo.
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# hidden-ireland - Saturday 4 October, 2014
Archaeologist Neil Jackman criss-crosses the country to bring you a massive cairn in Sligo, a castle in Antrim with a bloody past, and a dolmen with an interesting supersition…
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# hidden-ireland - Sunday 21 September, 2014
The burial site is located in a park, but even CCTV hasn’t deterred people from vandalising them.
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# hidden-ireland - Saturday 6 September, 2014
Archaeologist Neil Jackman transports us to another batch of wonderful Irish historical gems in Sligo, Dublin – and that incredible southerly Copper Coast.
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# hidden-ireland - Saturday 30 August, 2014
It was immortalised in a Frank O’Connor story.
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# hidden-ireland - Sunday 17 August, 2014
‘Bodysnatching grilles’ were not an uncommon sight.
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# hidden-ireland - Saturday 16 August, 2014
Worries on the big screen.
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# hidden-ireland - Saturday 9 August, 2014
Dunmore Cave has a chilling tale to tell visitors.
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A new exhibition by artist Alan Counihan tells their story.
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# hidden-ireland - Monday 4 August, 2014
John J Clarke loved taking photographs of the world around him – and luckily for us, 200 of his photos have been digitised.
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# hidden-ireland - Saturday 2 August, 2014
Dr Hadden survived 2,000 people throwing “clods of earth” at him during one point in his journey…
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# hidden-ireland - Saturday 14 June, 2014
Archaeologist Neil Jackman with the final part of his three-part series on the momentous dig on the ancient site of Tlachtga in Meath.
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# hidden-ireland - Saturday 31 May, 2014
Archaeologist Neil Jackman with part two of his three-part series on the momentous dig on the ancient site of Tlachtga in Meath.
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# hidden-ireland - Saturday 3 May, 2014
Archaeologist Neil Jackman guides us through an ancient roadway that traversed Ireland, a fine medieval priory and an intriguing hermit cell hidden in a church.
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# hidden-ireland - Saturday 19 April, 2014
Lovely Doneraile Park, ancient Derrynaflan and iconic Clonmacnoise – archaeologist Neil Jackman guides you through these magical sites.
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# hidden-ireland - Saturday 5 April, 2014
This week, archaeologist Neil Jackman guides us through a mysterious and massive Bronze Age complex in Tyrone and medieval treasures in Kildare and Kilkenny.
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# hidden-ireland - Sunday 30 March, 2014
“The tide can be flooding past the rock so you only get one shot,” Walsh explains.
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# hidden-ireland - Saturday 22 March, 2014
This week, Neil Jackman looks at three off-the-beaten-track places to visit this weekend in Tipperary, Kerry and the Dublin mountains.
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# hidden-ireland - Saturday 8 March, 2014
Archaeologist Neil Jackman takes us on a guided tour of the treasures of one of Ireland’s most important historical hotspots.
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# hidden-ireland - Sunday 12 January, 2014
That’s 1100 years of history in the making, you know.
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# hidden-ireland - Thursday 26 December, 2013
Archaeologist Neil Jackman picks fascinating sites nationwide for a stroll today.
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# hidden-ireland - Saturday 23 November, 2013
This week, Neil Jackman captures the Wicklow site at a point when its beauty is matched only by its archaeological significance.
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# hidden-ireland - Saturday 9 November, 2013
This week, archaeologist Neil Jackman is awed by the Neolithic treasures of Lough Gur, as well as a stunning Kerry fort complex and a Galway medieval cathedral.
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# hidden-ireland - Saturday 2 November, 2013
You’ll be inspired to take a trip to your local heritage site after reading this.
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# hidden-ireland - Saturday 26 October, 2013
Archaeologist Neil Jackman steers us around some spooky ancient Samhain spots in Roscommon, Dublin, Meath and Wexford. Hold us.
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# hidden-ireland - Saturday 19 October, 2013
These top tips from National Library of Ireland’s conservation expert could help you hold onto family memories for longer.
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# hidden-ireland - Saturday 12 October, 2013
Archaeologist Neil Jackman leads us through a mystical stone circle in Donegal, an abbey with a bloody past in Mayo and a medieval village in Cork.
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# hidden-ireland - Saturday 28 September, 2013
For the All-Ireland hurling replay day that’s in it, check out that historic gem (in Donegal!) and others in Tipperary and Tyrone as part of Neil Jackman’s bi-weekly series.
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# hidden-ireland - Saturday 14 September, 2013
As part of the Hidden Ireland series, Neil Jackman looks at three fascinating places to visit this weekend in Sligo, Kildare and Fermanagh.
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