Timeline of Human Activity in Ancient Ireland is 33,000 Years Old!
Signs of early human activity in Ireland dating back to a stunning 33,000 years have been found on a bone fragment which was unearthed in cave over 100 years ago. This paradigm-changing discovery instantly negates everything archaeologists though they knew about humans in ancient Ireland, and across the entirety of western Europe during the Upper Paleolithic.
If you were to Google search “the first people in Ireland” right now, you would read that between 12,000 and 9,000 years ago (around 7000 BC) “Stone Age” people arrived on the island and used stone tools for hunting. However, by the end of today, that same search result will have changed and it will have tripled in age to state that evidence of human activity in ancient Ireland has been discovered dating back to 33,000 years ago.
Reindeer bone found in Cork cave shows human activity in Ireland 33,000 years ago
The bone fragment was found at Castlepook Cave near Doneraile in north Cork where a mammoth bone was discovered in 1972. By Louise Roseingrave Sunday 18 Apr 2021, 4:55 PM 1 hour ago 18,054 Views 19 Comments
Image: RF Carden
Image: RF Carden
A REINDEER BONE fragment uncovered in a cave contains a revelation set to dramatically alter the understanding of Irish human history.
The bone fragment was found at Castlepook Cave near Doneraile in north Cork where a mammoth bone was discovered in 1972.
The bone, a hind leg reindeer femur, establishes human activity in Ireland 33,000 years ago, more than 20,000 years earlier than previously thought.
Director Katrina Costello with Cormac McGinley on Mullaghmore for the two-part Heart of Stone series.
Lyrical new Burren documentary to air on RTÉ
April 10, 2021
HEART of Stone is the title of a visually stunning two-part series to air on RTÉ One at 6.30pm next Sunday.
The Burren is a place full of intrigue and mystery to Lahinch-based film-maker Katrina Costello, who has been working there for over 13 years. “It is not a landscape that gives up her secrets easily, but in every fold of rock and around every corner there is always a new surprise,” she remarked.
Heart of Stone captures the raw and complicated beauty of the Burren using intimate natural history photography and the spontaneous insights of a cast of local contributors.
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