Day 10: Fri 6 Sep - Dublin
Met Sylvain downstairs at 0630 h for a McD’s breakfast before catching the tram to O’Connell Street. Walked to Suffolk Street to buy a ticket, but that office was closed! Back to O’Connell Street and found a place that was able to tell us that we needed to buy a ticket from the bus driver outside the Chelmer hotel. So, we waited ….. and bought our ticket. It took 45 minutes to get to Newgrange and Knowth where we visited the stone passage tombs. Did Knowth first and then Newgrange. Knowth is a Neolithic passage grave and an ancient monument in the Boyne Valley ( Brú na Bóinne ). Knowth is the largest of all passage graves situated within the Valley complex. The site consists of one large mound (known as Site 1) and 17 smaller satellite tombs. The large mound is about 12 metres high and 67 metres in diameter, covering roughly a hectare and contains two passages, placed along an east-west line, and estimated to date from between 2500 and 2000 ...