Irish Examiner view: Fund heritage despite crisis

Rewriting history

Geneticists and archaeologists make an exciting discovery at Newgrange. Picture: PA Photo/Meath County Council

It has been a summer of breath-taking discovery.

Last week, archaeologists found evidence of a vast Iron Age temple complex at Navan Fort, the ancient capital of Ulster associated with the myths of Cú Chulainn and other heroes of the Ulster Cycle.