Uploaded November 2013 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
This is *not* a history lesson! This video is in response to an open request from the excellent YouTuber, Archaeos0up, for his viewer's favourite local archaeological heritage.
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My original plans to travel to the Boyne valley and visit the passage tombs at Newgrange, Knowth & Dowth, as well as my personal favourite ancient site in Ireland, the Loughrew cairns, were dashed by a week of dreadful weather. What that forced me to do was delve a little deeper into the historical legacy of my immediate surroundings. Well, you could blow be down with a feather, but I've stumbled upon a heap of fascinating locations with interesting stories dating back to the pre-Cambrian, over 550 million years ago! This could very well turn into a sporadic series of videos.
Current local knowledge of this derelict wee chapel is scant at best, and every source I came across added a tiny bit more to the picture. There are different opinions on the translation of the name; on the meaning of those translations; on the dates for the chapel's construction and destruction, it's uses and abuses and the characters who have owned and inhabited it. Some go as far as to call it the oldest chapel in Ireland. Well, I'm always wary of superlative claims, but that tells me. at least. that at some point in the past it meant a great deal more to the natives than it seems to do now.
Some complain that it stands unprotected from the corrosive power of youth, but in this at least, I don't agree. It doesn't seem to have any true historic significance, and even in a state of disrepair it remains a testament to this region's long history of settlement. There are a few fading pieces of graffiti, sure, but I've seen far worse on bus shelters. And if this site remains intact I am sure the hard red quartz will outlast the thin covering of paint that is already wearing away. The smugglers who hid there paid it no greater respect.
Around about here I would normally leave a set of links to follow for the curious among you. This time I'll leave just the name: Raheenaclig. A few clicks from now you too could be pointing out my many errors and omissions!! I won't spoil that pleasure. ;)
Or you could do what I did to reach this point: look closer at where *you* live. Find the mysteries in your own back yard. There's no telling where you'll end up. Or when..
Let me know if you find anything!
This is *not* a history lesson! This video is in response to an open request from the excellent YouTuber, Archaeos0up, for his viewer's favourite local archaeological heritage.
To keep yourself up to date with the past, subscribe to Archaeos0up here:
youtube.com/user/Archaeos0up
My original plans to travel to the Boyne valley and visit the passage tombs at Newgrange, Knowth & Dowth, as well as my personal favourite ancient site in Ireland, the Loughrew cairns, were dashed by a week of dreadful weather. What that forced me to do was delve a little deeper into the historical legacy of my immediate surroundings. Well, you could blow be down with a feather, but I've stumbled upon a heap of fascinating locations with interesting stories dating back to the pre-Cambrian, over 550 million years ago! This could very well turn into a sporadic series of videos.
Current local knowledge of this derelict wee chapel is scant at best, and every source I came across added a tiny bit more to the picture. There are different opinions on the translation of the name; on the meaning of those translations; on the dates for the chapel's construction and destruction, it's uses and abuses and the characters who have owned and inhabited it. Some go as far as to call it the oldest chapel in Ireland. Well, I'm always wary of superlative claims, but that tells me. at least. that at some point in the past it meant a great deal more to the natives than it seems to do now.
Some complain that it stands unprotected from the corrosive power of youth, but in this at least, I don't agree. It doesn't seem to have any true historic significance, and even in a state of disrepair it remains a testament to this region's long history of settlement. There are a few fading pieces of graffiti, sure, but I've seen far worse on bus shelters. And if this site remains intact I am sure the hard red quartz will outlast the thin covering of paint that is already wearing away. The smugglers who hid there paid it no greater respect.
Around about here I would normally leave a set of links to follow for the curious among you. This time I'll leave just the name: Raheenaclig. A few clicks from now you too could be pointing out my many errors and omissions!! I won't spoil that pleasure. ;)
Or you could do what I did to reach this point: look closer at where *you* live. Find the mysteries in your own back yard. There's no telling where you'll end up. Or when..
Let me know if you find anything!
