hi there

was trying to a bit of research for some artworks im doing..
don't know much about astrology thought there were a load of constellations i dunno im still ooking around but there only seems to be a handful someone was also telling me talking of astroarchilogy that theres stones and sites closer to dublin in tallaght that join up with irelands and places like that anybody know anything bout that?

Chewy,

There are 88 constellations in the whole sky, but as to how many there were in ancient Ireland we can only guess. We know that the prehistoric people in Ireland certainly saw SOME constellations, like they saw Orion has a great warrior (probably Cuchulainn, Amergin etc.) and Cygnus was a swan to them too (Aonghus-Caer), and many more which have been lost over time.

There were at one time a lot of sites in Tallaght which were supposed to have been the burial place of the Partholonians (see Lebor Gabala - Book of Invasions - Muintir Partholon) but today Tallaght is a huge urban sprawl and many of the sites have probably been destroyed.

Give me more information about what you want and I'll try to help you out.

damn lazy typing ..."someone was also telling me talking of astroarchilogy that theres stones and sites closer to dublin in tallaght hill that join up with irelands eye and places like that anybody know anything about that?

looking for the drawings/ drawings of gods that they extrapolated from the constellation,( and they _extrapolated_ but hey thatsi imagination for ya:) i looked again last i guess im only finding the most known/popular ones ya know did tehy extrapolate gods from all 88

was looking for pics of the ancient irish version of them as you said swans etc ta

ohh find a good site with a great paintings of the gods, was only finding sciencetific things last night

We don't really have any images of the ancient Irish "gods". Most images come from the Celtic period and these deities are usually common to Europe as well. The original "Neolithic" constellations can only be guessed at. You could try to come up with images based on some of the ancient mythology.

There's more than enough descriptive information about C?chulainn, for instance, in the T?in, for you to create an image. We think C?chulainn was the constellation Orion. See:

www.mythicalireland.com/highman

See also the section about The Cygnus Enigma for the Aonghus-Caer swan romance and the links with the Cygnus constellation:

http://www.mythicalireland.com/cygnus/index.html

Another one you could try is Nuadu - who we believe was an early Orion. He had his arm famously chopped off at the Battle of Moytura and the healer Diancecht made him a new one made out of silver. That would make a fantastic image.

One Irish group called Bard are making posters all the time of the Irish deities and mythological heroes. You'll find their home page at:
www.bard.ie

fell across some info re the above

http://www.druidschool.com/sources/mapsgeometry.asp

have a look

Chewy,

Looks interesting. The Winter Solstice line from Tara to Dowth is wrong. Me and Richard measured this and Tara marks the Moon's Major South Standstill setting, NOT Winter Solstice. The Winter Solstice line from Tara hits Millmount in Drogheda, where Amergin is buried. See the High Man section for more:

http://www.mythicalireland.com/highman

You are looking to the stars for an answer, but perhaps you should look in the other direction. The hill of Tara is a fairly accurate depiction of a deuterium atom, magnified billions of times. They are used in fusion reactions. One proton, one neutron, and one electron. Any airborne looking for signs of advanced civilization would instantly recognize it!

Fitzy,

That's extraordinary !! In recent times, we've had theories suggesting Tara is the resting place of the Ark of the Covenant. Within the last week, it has emerged Tara was the capital of the lost Kingdom of Atlantis:
http://www.mythicalireland.com/ancientsites/tara/tara-atlantis.php
Now it's a deuterium atom. I'm not for a second ruling it out. I'd like to see the evidence. Is there a picture of a deuterium atom we could use for comparison purposes?

How would the prehistoric people of Ireland known what the deuterium atom looked like?

I don't think anyone knows for sure what an atom looks like, that is the realm of theoretical physics. But for modeling purposes the Tara site comes close enough to be recognizable. Any spacefaring organisms would probably utilize deuterium as fuel or catalyst for propulsion. Maybe Tara was a filling station?

Deuterium atom,

<img src="http://www.daviddarling.info/images/deuterium.gif">

Well, I guess you can't post images here, but here is a link.

http://www.daviddarling.info/encycloped ... erium.html

Actually, that does look very similar to Tara's Rath Righ. And the Mound of the Hostages could be the electron. Yes, they do look similar.

However, there was another mound, called "Siar Dumha na mB?", the "Western mound of the cow", located just ten metres or so to the west of the Mound of the Hostages. That would add another electron, so it wouldn't be deuterium.

What would that make it??

See the map of Tara at:
http://www.mythicalireland.com/ancientsites/tara/taramap.html