Island
of the Setting Sun - Contents (2nd edition)
Preface to Second Edition..................................................................................................
vi
Acknowledgements...........................................................................................................
viii
About the Paintings............................................................................................................
x
Prologue Crossing
Paths......................................................................................................1
Chapter One Balor’s Strand: Discoveries
and Beginnings........................................................4
Chapter Two Colpa: Invasion
of the Milesians.......................................................................24
Chapter Three Millmount: Burial
Place of the Astronomer .....................................................42
Chapter Four Tara: Seat
of the Sky King .............................................................................64
Chapter Five Cosmic Circles: The
Giant Rings .....................................................................86
Chapter Six Dowth: The
Darkening of the Sky ...................................................................
108
Chapter Seven Newgrange: The
Cygnus Enigma ...............................................................
136
Chapter Eight Newgrange: Womb
of the Moon ..................................................................
160
Chapter Nine Knowth: Secrets
of the Sky .........................................................................
180
Chapter Ten Cosmic Grid: Lines
Across the Land ..............................................................
202
Chapter Eleven Star Stories: Sky
Myths of the Ancients ....................................................
230
Chapter Twelve The High Man: Return
of the King ..............................................................
252
Epilogue On the
Brink .....................................................................................................
286
Bibliography ...................................................................................................................
289
Notes ............................................................................................................................
299
Index .............................................................................................................................
333
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