Ireland is real Atlantis, claims academic

A SWEDISH academic who believes Ireland is the ancient land of Atlantis flew into Dublin yesterday amid a storm of controversy about his theories.

Dr Ulf Erlingsson is on a three-day tour here to prove the Ireland is actually linked with the utopian empire which was believed to have been destroyed by a flood-wave 12,000 years ago.

He will visit Newgrange and Knowth passage tombs and the Hill of Tara in Co Meath which he claims were actual remnants of Atlantis as described by Greek philosopher Plato.