7. Walking With The Dead - Newgrange and Knowth, County Meath
Neil Oliver: News, Comment, History
Fat Belly Films
4.7 • 1K Ratings
🗓️ 6 July 2020
⏱️ 44 minutes
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In this episode Neil travels to a time when our ancestors lived with their dead in a way many of us would find shocking today.
Journeying to the World Heritage Site on the east coast of Ireland, where the incredible Neolithic tombs at Newgrange and Knowth sit, Neil explores an age that still has many hidden secrets. As soon as he steps foot inside the monumental megalithic art, it’s clear that this place continues to hold the power to move us.
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| 0:17.6 | rules and procedures apply players must be 18 or over Okay, before this week's podcast begins, I want to tell you about a special episode I'm planning that will feature historical places and objects chosen by you. |
| 0:37.7 | I want to get a snapshot of the history that touches us all. It could be anything, one of the world's grand monuments or a |
| 0:46.0 | tiny historical gem that's been hidden away and forgotten by everyone but you, a famous |
| 0:51.8 | artifact or a personal item like a grandfather's medal or a ration book from the World Wars. |
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| 1:32.3 | along to. Anyway that's in the future now |
| 1:35.2 | it's time to get back to this week's podcast. Over the last, nearly 20 years, I've had the great privilege or opportunity luck to see all around the archipelago of the British Isles. |
| 1:56.0 | So as well as England, Wales and Scotland have been around and around the island of Ireland as well and it's as homely to me now as anywhere else. |
| 2:08.8 | You know, one of the experiences I've had over the years is that because I've seen so much since I've been back to places so many times |
| 2:17.1 | That I feel as at home as well come in the southwest of Ireland as I do in the northeast of Scotland or in the southeast of England or in Wales. |
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