Hundreds gather at Dublin conference exploring Irish heritage and monuments

Archaeologists and historians from across the world have gathered in Dublin today for a conference which explores Irish monuments and how they came to be.

Hundreds gather at Dublin conference exploring Irish heritage and monuments

Archaeologists and historians from across the world have gathered in Dublin today for a conference which explores Irish monuments and how they came to be.

Over 400 scholars are in attendance at the Dublin Castle conference examining the links between pilgrimage and Ireland's sacred sites.

Archaeologist Michael McDonagh said that prehistoric sites such as Newgrange attract interest around the globe, with people gathering to "celebrate their ancestors and their memories and their heritage and their religious ideas."

"That concept of pilgrimage, of people continuing on a journey which is in itself a period of reflection and thought, that goes back as old as man."

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