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  • Trees made famous by Game Of Thrones felled by Storm Isha [Northern Ireland]

    01/22/2024 10:04:15 PM PST · by Olog-hai · 15 replies
    RTÉ News ^ | Monday, 22 Jan 2024 13:05
    Several trees in Northern Ireland made famous by the TV series Game Of Thrones have been damaged and felled by Storm Isha. Work is currently being carried out to clear up the Dark Hedges site in County Antrim. The tunnel of trees became famous when it was featured in the HBO fantasy series and now attracts significant numbers of tourists from around the world. Storm Isha battered the country on Sunday night, with strong winds leaving thousands of properties without power and causing travel disruption. […] Concerns have been raised about the state of several of the ancient beech trees...
  • A man’s discovery of bones under his pub could forever change what we know about the Irish

    03/21/2016 8:45:16 AM PDT · by Theoria · 49 replies
    The Washington Post ^ | 17 March 2016 | Peter Whoriskey
    Ten years ago, an Irish pub owner was clearing land for a driveway when his digging exposed an unusually large flat stone. The stone obscured a dark gap underneath. He grabbed a flashlight to peer in. "I shot the torch in and saw the gentleman, well, his skull and bones," Bertie Currie, the pub owner, said this week. The remains of three humans, in fact, were found behind McCuaig’s Bar in County Antrim, Northern Ireland. And though police were called, it was not, as it turned out, a crime scene. Instead, what Currie had stumbled over was an ancient burial...