Newgrange: Ireland’s Ancient Masterpiece

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    Source/Further reading:
    Description and discovery: www.ancient.eu/Newgrange/
    Archeology and symbolism: www.museum.ie/Archaeology/The...
    Official website: www.worldheritageireland.ie/br...
    Britannica, basic facts: kids.britannica.com/students/...
    Neolithic Ireland: www.britannica.com/place/Irel...
    UNESCO listing: whc.unesco.org/en/list/659/
    Religious aspects of the solstice: www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b09b...
    Travel doc on visiting for solstice: www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b085...
    Is the solstice roofbox only 50 years old? www.irishtimes.com/news/irela...
    Arrival of the Beaker Folk: mythicalireland.com/MI/blog/a...
    Iron Age Newgrange: www.academia.edu/28884815/The...
    Rediscovering Newgrange: www.nytimes.com/2016/12/20/tr...
    Visiting today: edition.cnn.com/travel/articl...

Komentáře • 1,6K

  • @andriesoliviier9529
    @andriesoliviier9529 Před 4 lety +95

    Newgrange is so relatively unknown that Aliens haven't even gotten credit for it. I'd still love to visit it.

    • @antlerking69
      @antlerking69 Před 4 lety +1

      😂

    • @kimsim4647
      @kimsim4647 Před 3 lety

      I was scrolling through the comments looking for one about the annunnaki or whatever they were. Aren't they responsible for all the earth's ancient megalyths 🤣

    • @barryb90
      @barryb90 Před 3 lety +3

      Don't worry, I'm sure the history channel will pickup on it.

    • @LannasMissingLink
      @LannasMissingLink Před 2 lety +5

      Not aliens, but fun fact the reason it wasnt destroyed is because our ancestors thought the Good People (fairies) built them. The Good People are not to be crossed so people were afraid of entering them

    • @mrawesome669
      @mrawesome669 Před 2 lety +1

      It's beautiful and well worth visiting!

  • @MrLeeleeeeeeee
    @MrLeeleeeeeeee Před 4 lety +486

    We did it for the craic, lads!!!

    • @No1JediJesus
      @No1JediJesus Před 4 lety +73

      Back in the day at dawn on the winter solstice a narrow beam of light penetrates the roof-box and reaches the floor of the chamber, gradually extending to the rear of the chamber.wear it illuminates a massive bag of cans for the lads

    • @paddypoolfc3579
      @paddypoolfc3579 Před 4 lety +24

      Hahahahahaha. And the craic was mighty.

    • @BrianOSheaPlus
      @BrianOSheaPlus Před 3 lety +3

      Brilliant!

    • @davidhobbs3178
      @davidhobbs3178 Před 3 lety +2

      Well hate to burst your bubble I really do buuuut.....the Irish today are descended from the Celts who fled the Romans and ended up in Ireland wasn't originally their homeland soooo the Irish today don't descend from those who built it I really am sorry but facts are facts😒

    • @paddypoolfc3579
      @paddypoolfc3579 Před 3 lety +26

      @@davidhobbs3178 . Facts maybe facts but what about punctuation?

  • @cronoros
    @cronoros Před 4 lety +36

    Worth mentioning, you can't just go there during the winter solstice. There's a yearly lottery for slots on the days where the light naturally gets to the central chamber, the tickets can't be bought or transferred.
    If you visit at other times they run a simulation of it

  • @Smithy07sham
    @Smithy07sham Před 4 lety +41

    I live 5 minutes away from Newgrange in a nearby village on the boyne! I hold great appreciation for the history here and I encourage anyone who visits Ireland to definitely visit Newgrange!

    • @martinharrington6159
      @martinharrington6159 Před 3 lety +3

      That wouldn’t be Baile Shláine by any chance? If so, that’s a lovely village

  • @devonmitchell1865
    @devonmitchell1865 Před 4 lety +437

    Easily one of the most amazing places I’ve ever visited. The whole of Ireland is a wonderful place.

    • @archstanton6102
      @archstanton6102 Před 4 lety +17

      @Jason Bouphasavanh Get out of Dublin and they are very friendly and a bit less fake.

    • @Useaname
      @Useaname Před 4 lety +7

      Sure t'was der dat oi met da luv of moi loife

    • @jetblack81
      @jetblack81 Před 4 lety

      Cheers devon

    • @aoifed8913
      @aoifed8913 Před 4 lety +3

      @@archstanton6102 Stfu!

    • @Kirealta
      @Kirealta Před 4 lety +1

      @Jason Bouphasavanh I mean, by definition average is average.

  • @everything777
    @everything777 Před 4 lety +355

    "I'm a CZcamsr not an archaeologist" it's astonishing how many CZcamsrs think they know everything about a historical site that they have never even been to. Thanks for this refreshing statement!

  • @hendryde-lux4287
    @hendryde-lux4287 Před 4 lety +808

    You should visit the Holy Stone of Clonrichert too, it's being upgraded to a Class Two Relic

    • @thesaintirl
      @thesaintirl Před 4 lety +33

      Nice one Father!! Anything to be said for a cup of tea, ya will ya will ya will

    • @No1JediJesus
      @No1JediJesus Před 4 lety +78

      that would be an ecumenical matter

    • @CyrusGris
      @CyrusGris Před 3 lety +39

      @@No1JediJesus Is there anything to be said for saying another mass? :)

    • @kellymarieoconnorful
      @kellymarieoconnorful Před 3 lety +3

      😂😭😂😭😭😂😭😂😭😂😂😂

    • @derekscanlan4641
      @derekscanlan4641 Před 3 lety +19

      ...of course, they ALL have lovely bottoms

  • @kriscerosaurus
    @kriscerosaurus Před 4 lety +60

    As someone who’s tempted every day to get in the car and just drive a random direction forever, it doesn’t surprise me at all that there would be ancient humans who wound up in unexpected places.

  • @x_hibernia
    @x_hibernia Před 4 lety +533

    China: "we are the oldest civilisation in the world"
    Ireland: "hold my beer"

    • @rumplestiltskin2104
      @rumplestiltskin2104 Před 4 lety +83

      "Hold my Guinness" *

    • @Pandzikizlasu80
      @Pandzikizlasu80 Před 4 lety +11

      Amatores... There is 300 years older neolithic mine in Poland in Krzemionki Opatowskie.

    • @BMW2002M10
      @BMW2002M10 Před 4 lety +43

      @@Pandzikizlasu80 Krzemionki Opatawskie while being extremely impressive is really just a mine in the ground (and not unique as there were similar mines in Belgium and England) which developed over time rather than a deliberate construction which also incorporated astrological events. Not really comparable to Newgrange.

    • @nileshsitole8401
      @nileshsitole8401 Před 4 lety +2

      harappa India

    • @gregdobbin9549
      @gregdobbin9549 Před 4 lety +3

      Unless every one in Ireland is still a druid that civilisation died I'm afraid

  • @mdarrer984
    @mdarrer984 Před 3 lety +19

    As an Irish archaeologist I apprehensively clicked on this, but I have to hand it to Simon, this was well done.
    One thing though, Romans in Ireland is a HOT topic here. The only evidence we have is trade with Roman Britain, otherwise there’s no supportive evidence of romans actually visiting us. Apparently they were told we were even more savage and lawless than the Scotts so they just ignored us...

    • @radicalthunder5740
      @radicalthunder5740 Před rokem

      Correct. No Romans ever conquered Ireland

    • @conlaiarla
      @conlaiarla Před rokem +4

      Surely that was a wise decision by the Romans .

    • @WildWoodsGirl65
      @WildWoodsGirl65 Před 2 měsíci

      They were told they'd better not even try it. People see savage as an insult. It means badass & brave af.

    • @audreyroche9490
      @audreyroche9490 Před 2 měsíci

      Lol the Romans never took over Scotland either they tried to they were losing there empire and pulled out of Britain they used the Catholic Church to control other countries

    • @user-zj7dp3bf7b
      @user-zj7dp3bf7b Před 2 měsíci

      It's argued that the Irish WERE of course the Scots.

  • @joedalydeadbeat
    @joedalydeadbeat Před 4 lety +842

    Question - Why are Irish jokes so simple?
    Answer - So the English can understand them.

    • @joedalydeadbeat
      @joedalydeadbeat Před 4 lety +68

      Never ask a foreigner where he is from. If he is not english he will tell you within a few minutes, and if he is English, why embarrass him?

    • @joedalydeadbeat
      @joedalydeadbeat Před 4 lety +75

      What's the best thing that ever happened between England and Ireland?
      the Irish Sea!

    • @joedalydeadbeat
      @joedalydeadbeat Před 4 lety +75

      They say an Englishman laughs three times at a joke. The first time when everybody gets it, the second a week later when he thinks he gets it, the third time a month later when somebody explains it to him

    • @joedalydeadbeat
      @joedalydeadbeat Před 4 lety +43

      I could go on with the English jokes but I don't think u would get them.

    • @DubhghlasMacDubhghlas
      @DubhghlasMacDubhghlas Před 4 lety +27

      @@shrek_has_swag2344 And like the attacks from the loyalist at that time was good?

  • @CalvinKlown
    @CalvinKlown Před 4 lety +51

    Anyone who has visited Carrowkeel in Sligo (older than Newgrange by 1500 years) would know the roof box is an original feature.

    • @31770
      @31770 Před 4 lety +6

      Cheers, never heard about Carrowkeel. Definitely on my must visit list.

    • @keithdurran858
      @keithdurran858 Před 3 lety +5

      It's only, possibly, 200 to 300 hundred years older..

    • @mrmoose-bt6ns
      @mrmoose-bt6ns Před 3 lety

      wow, tkx sham :)

    • @Dreyno
      @Dreyno Před 3 lety +5

      Yup. You want ancient rocks? Come to Sligo. We have them just lying around all over the place.

    • @lizardlegend42
      @lizardlegend42 Před 3 lety

      @@Dreyno most noticeably the giant nipple mountain, I mean Knocknarea

  • @aaroncooke5818
    @aaroncooke5818 Před 4 lety +107

    i literally live less than 10 minute’s drive from Newgrange, an amazing place, great video as always Simon + team!

    • @TheCloudhopper
      @TheCloudhopper Před 4 lety +12

      It's nice to see a piece of Ireland on Simons channel, isnt it? :D

    • @EMurph42
      @EMurph42 Před 4 lety +10

      I am extremely jealous! I’m fascinated by all things Neolithic but Newgrange is beyond amazing. I get the feeling it’s even older then they think & if I lived there I’d be investigating constantly.

    • @damenwhelan3236
      @damenwhelan3236 Před 4 lety +18

      Its Ireland. Everything's ten minutes from new range (messing)

    • @alexhatfield4448
      @alexhatfield4448 Před 4 lety +11

      Its a good feeling when they do a local site. I live 30 min from Gettysburg and it was a near and dear episode to my heart.

    • @padraicnangle7093
      @padraicnangle7093 Před 4 lety +7

      I can see it from my kitchen in fennor the place of the first recorded gaa match

  • @imbwildrd3693
    @imbwildrd3693 Před 4 lety +133

    You should have mentioned Knowth. It's a similar, more complicated, structure to Newgrange and it's less than a mile away. Must be part of the same community.

    • @rickc2102
      @rickc2102 Před 4 lety +39

      Maybe he knoweth not Knowth.

    • @stoneymoloney
      @stoneymoloney Před 4 lety +43

      Knowth, Dowth and Newgrange are geographically located in a way that mimics Orion's Belt. Same as the pyramids of Giza.

    • @RRSmurf
      @RRSmurf Před 4 lety +4

      @@rickc2102 Very good 🤣

    • @stevenwebb3634
      @stevenwebb3634 Před 4 lety +1

      @@stoneymoloney they were built by aliens

    • @KermitFrazierdotcom
      @KermitFrazierdotcom Před 4 lety +2

      And then there's Mayes Howe. And Skye. Living & Breathing Rocks. Big Rocks.

  • @dyveira
    @dyveira Před 4 lety +175

    I find this more fascinating than just something being the tallest or biggest building. The fact they made something of this size and precision pre-Bronze Age is far more incredible.

    • @jokersgiddygrin
      @jokersgiddygrin Před 4 lety +10

      I'm not the superstitious type, but man it gives me chills being inside that building.

    • @solidus784
      @solidus784 Před 4 lety

      @@jokersgiddygrin how did you get inside I thought it's closed to the public

    • @jokersgiddygrin
      @jokersgiddygrin Před 4 lety +16

      @@solidus784 Happy to report it's open to the public for a small fee - about €7 I think. The tour guides are great, and they do a lights out recreation of the solstice on every tour. The museum attached to the visit just got an overhaul in 2020 too.
      I don't work for them, but I have no shame in promoting my countries wondrous history.

    • @alanobrien3736
      @alanobrien3736 Před 4 lety +6

      @Jeremy Walker agree, with both your comments. When the lights go out and the light creeps along the floor hard not to think of the people who stood there so long ago. What did they look like? How did their language sound? So atmospheric. You're correct, a super job at the site, its been very well done.

    • @P.Rick316
      @P.Rick316 Před 5 měsíci +1

      I proposed to my gf in newgrange

  • @douglasbillington8521
    @douglasbillington8521 Před 4 lety +66

    Much appreciate your deep dive on something ancient and Irish. The world truly undervalues what they have done 👍

    • @jaymccormack6875
      @jaymccormack6875 Před 4 lety +6

      Douglas Billington makes me think of family guy showing Ireland was Atlantis with flying cars and stuff while everyone else was in the dark ages. Then they discovered whiskey. That still would have been their best invention if family guy was right.
      But I’d never heard of this but it is incredible!

    • @brigidspencer5123
      @brigidspencer5123 Před 10 měsíci

      It wasn’t built by the Irish even though it is located in Ireland.

  • @cathalhiggins2889
    @cathalhiggins2889 Před 3 lety +60

    “Unless you were talking to an Irishman” the tans are at it again lads!

    • @Nyitemare
      @Nyitemare Před 3 lety +7

      never not at it!

    • @kevinlynch5981
      @kevinlynch5981 Před 2 lety +1

      Id love to hit slap forever time he said the british isles

    • @mrs5190
      @mrs5190 Před 2 lety

      @@kevinlynch5981 It takes a large amount of cognitive dissonance to be the inheritors of Newgrange, despite not being descended from the people who created it, yet at the same time feel unnatural amounts of anger towards the naming of the British Isles.

    • @niallocallanain3579
      @niallocallanain3579 Před 5 měsíci

      Yes father :D

    • @audreyroche9490
      @audreyroche9490 Před 2 měsíci +1

      ​@@mrs5190u mean the irish Isles lol only the English think they own everything that's not theres

  • @theconqueringram5295
    @theconqueringram5295 Před 4 lety +38

    Newgrange really does deserve to be better known. Great work, Simon, hopefully now more people will take an interest in this masterpiece of prehistoric engineering.

    • @ajm6623
      @ajm6623 Před 11 měsíci

      What deserves to be better known is Loughcrew, which is older than Newgrange. It has been vandalised by the Irish state heritage commission and left to fall in on itself. It is aligned with the Equinox so not as "sexy" as new grange and so very much smaller but still a key piece of Ireland's history that the government is ignoring.

  • @umcsk8
    @umcsk8 Před 3 lety +31

    "a bunch of Irish farmers managed to get it together.." aighhhtt

    • @marialiyubman
      @marialiyubman Před 3 lety

      More like a bunch of Vikings...
      that makes more sense.

    • @Hanhanhanhanhanw
      @Hanhanhanhanhanw Před 3 lety +14

      @@marialiyubman newgrange - 5000+ years old
      Viking period - 790-1166 ad
      Only 4000 years between newgrange and Vikings, but yes it makes more sense........

    • @themantaylor
      @themantaylor Před 3 lety +1

      @ Grham Hancock is that you????

    • @LannasMissingLink
      @LannasMissingLink Před 2 lety

      @@marialiyubman probably Celts or Fenians actually. Or the older group of people who were thought to exist as the first people to settle on the island (though they're already a legend in the old Seanachaí stories so nobody actually know about them)

    • @proinseasokiellig4388
      @proinseasokiellig4388 Před 2 lety

      @@LannasMissingLink The Celts arrived about 2'000yrs later..

  • @stephenphillip5656
    @stephenphillip5656 Před 2 lety +8

    I visited Ireland a few years ago and my route from The Giant's Causeway to Dublin took me to Newgrange. I was blown away by it - if you can visit it, it is a must. Older than Stonehenge & the pyramids. Knowth is nearby and also *well* worth visiting.

    • @stephenmonaghan6030
      @stephenmonaghan6030 Před 10 měsíci +1

      An uncle of mine (an American) was convinced the Giant's Causeway was a man made tourist attraction. I wonder what he would have made of Newgrange. Thankfully, he went back to America before he coulld annoy us further with his wisdom.

    • @beardedchimp
      @beardedchimp Před 9 měsíci

      @@stephenmonaghan6030 the Giant's Causeway was man made, though admittedly it was giant-man made and Fionn mac Cumhaill didn't create it as a tourist attraction. Unless of course you consider Benandonner a tourist.

  • @damienpollard3949
    @damienpollard3949 Před 4 lety +67

    Im an Irishman who lives in the US but visited Newgrange a few year back and can hands down say it blew my mind! It is unbelievably amazing. I cant recommend it enough!

    • @lizardlegend42
      @lizardlegend42 Před 3 lety +6

      @K C Excuse him, we're a bit too used to some Americans who identify as Irish because their great grandfather knew a guy who owned a pub. If you grew up learning Irish culture from your family of course you can claim Irishness. It's just the ones that brag about how Irish they are while being completely ignorant of our actual culture yhat get on our nerves a bit.

    • @roonilwazlib3089
      @roonilwazlib3089 Před 3 lety +1

      @@lizardlegend42 I’m teaching my children Norse culture and mythology... doesn’t make them Norse

    • @lizardlegend42
      @lizardlegend42 Před 3 lety +1

      @@roonilwazlib3089 yeah of course if they don't actually live there. I mean the actual everyday cultural nuance you can only pick up if you've been around the people long enough.

    • @keithandersonbrady5026
      @keithandersonbrady5026 Před 3 lety

      You didn't visit before you emigrated?

    • @damienpollard3949
      @damienpollard3949 Před 3 lety +3

      @@lizardlegend42 maybe I didn't make it clear enough but I did say "Im an Irishman". I was born and raised in Waterford to Irish parents, of Irish parents, of Irish parents. My blood lineage to Ireland goes back to the 1600s I believe. So I am absolutely Irish.

  • @bernadettetormey4452
    @bernadettetormey4452 Před 4 lety +81

    Thank you 😊 From a heavily pregnant Irish lady living in Porto and missing home

    • @ArchangelAva
      @ArchangelAva Před 4 lety +8

      Best of luck Bernie, hope all goes well! from home 🤗 xx

    • @tonyhart97
      @tonyhart97 Před 4 lety +6

      Currently reading this from Braga and immediately though, "theres another Irish person in Portugal??" 😂

    • @icuntbreathe3706
      @icuntbreathe3706 Před 4 lety +3

      Thats nice to know about that! The first Portuguese Sailors had the Celtic heritage. It was when the Celtic Tribes expanded from Ireland to all Europe.

    • @makinwaves8147
      @makinwaves8147 Před 4 lety +2

      Dead ass, when I read “Porto” i misread it as “potato”... my initial thought was if your living in potato then your pretty much home as it is🤣🤣🤣

    • @jmbpinto73
      @jmbpinto73 Před 4 lety

      ​@@tonyhart97 There is a link, as explained in the video, between Ireland and northwest Portugal, what the Romans called Galecia. Romans found here an organized empire, and they took 2 centuries to conquer. They never tried that in Ireland. :) Of course history is told by the winners, and Romans had writing to keep record of stuff, so people knows best their view on it.

  • @JamesD92763
    @JamesD92763 Před 3 lety +8

    My 4th grade history teacher (1972) passed around pictures from her vacation the previous summer to Machu Pichu, The Colisseum (under reconstruction) The Vatican, Hadrian's Wall and the reconstruction work New Grange, which she was the most excited about.

  • @Arkhavist_S
    @Arkhavist_S Před 4 lety +193

    Subject: Mount Rushmore
    Geographics: It's a mountain and a monument.
    Visualpolitik: Its construction was controversial.
    Megaprojects: ... but impressive.
    Biographics: It represents noteworthy presidents.
    TopTenz: ... who are covered in trivia.
    TIFO: ... that could do with some explaining.
    Business Blaze: ... and Danny wrote the script from within Lincoln's nostril.

    • @syyndev2161
      @syyndev2161 Před 4 lety +36

      I see you're a man of Simon as well

    • @DedMan516
      @DedMan516 Před 4 lety +9

      Perfectly summed up

    • @AlexanderPimm
      @AlexanderPimm Před 4 lety +6

      that is the most legit thing on the internet. Thank you.

    • @daragildea7434
      @daragildea7434 Před 4 lety +6

      @Alex Damian W.t.f. is "the fi r people"? And w.t.f. does "heading a great complaint" mean?

    • @moldgrim1
      @moldgrim1 Před 4 lety +10

      @Alex Damian Are you having a stroke?

  • @GeographyWorld
    @GeographyWorld Před 4 lety +47

    I see a video about my country, I click!

    • @marialiyubman
      @marialiyubman Před 3 lety +2

      I see videos about your country (to which I’m addicted) - I click.
      I miss Ireland 😭

  • @luigi-op6mq
    @luigi-op6mq Před 4 lety +5

    HOW MANY CHANNELS CAN ONE GUY PRESENT?! Simon Whistler is slowly becoming a legend we never knew we needed

  • @alanmoss3603
    @alanmoss3603 Před 4 lety +29

    Ozymandias: "Look on my works, ye mighty and despair"
    Newgrange: "Hold my Guinness"

  • @lkbjorklund
    @lkbjorklund Před 4 lety +7

    Newgrange was one of my favorite places I have ever visited. We were able to go in and see what it looked like on the solstice. It was awesome. Thanks for the video! Brought back some fun memories.

  • @alexhatfield4448
    @alexhatfield4448 Před 4 lety +11

    Fresh video today, no commercials, Simon whistler today must be my lucky day. Happy Quarantine People.

  • @everetsutton1377
    @everetsutton1377 Před rokem +24

    Idk why, but hearing about the irish make a huge monument like this, and having it still 'work' makes me feel really proud of being irish. One day, I'd love to see it on the winter solstice, as it truly seems magical

    • @Blessed_V0id
      @Blessed_V0id Před rokem

      As an Englishman, sorry our stupid government cut your country in half instead of minding their buisness.
      At least we hate the English government too

    • @WildWoodsGirl65
      @WildWoodsGirl65 Před 2 měsíci

      It's magical at any time. The henge around it (the ditch, lol) & smaller stones even feel magical. But go when there are fewer tourists, not mid-afternoon or on a holiday! You'll be able to see how the sun hits inside anyway not just at solstice. The crowd makes it less amazing though.

  • @oisinjoyce
    @oisinjoyce Před 4 lety +21

    The Boyne valley is possibly the most important in Ireland in terms of historical significance

  • @JustanotherGuy-xx4gy
    @JustanotherGuy-xx4gy Před 4 lety +2

    Thanks a lot for doing this, Simon.

  • @dermotlillis6180
    @dermotlillis6180 Před 4 lety +6

    Thank you for covering this amazing place in our lovely country, you're all welcome to visit us once this whole lockdown ends and we'll be glad to see you all, stay safe!!

  • @jstone247
    @jstone247 Před 2 lety +6

    In 2016, I fulfilled a lifelong dream by visiting
    Newgrange. It did not disappoint. Absolutely magnificent.
    I love Ireland.

  • @jordanwilliams9300
    @jordanwilliams9300 Před 4 lety +2

    I'm constantly impressed with the quality of content and depth of research put into every video, year after year, for hundreds of videos. Truly laudable work!

  • @arnoldloudly5423
    @arnoldloudly5423 Před 4 lety +1

    I really like your approach to the subjects you cover, the detailed context you give leaves a tangible impression of the subject in time, space and the minds involved. You are one of only a handful of really good history/science creators whose enjoyment of their work is palpable. Respect, sir......and thank you.

  • @robgau2501
    @robgau2501 Před 3 lety +9

    Does anyone else feel like a great education could just be listening to all of this guy's channels as a curriculum?

  • @steveh-m665
    @steveh-m665 Před 4 lety +3

    Never knew New Grange ever existed! Amazing! Simon Whistler and team are amazing! My wife thinks I have a bromance since I watch so many of Simon's channels . . . Amazing, well- produced videos. Thank you!

  • @liviia305
    @liviia305 Před 4 lety +2

    Newgrange has been a place to see on my bucket list for decades. Thank you, Team. Wonderfully informative as always.

  • @PanglossDr
    @PanglossDr Před 4 lety +2

    One of the reasons Newgrange was built, at that time, was climate. It has been estimated that the temperature back then was as much as 4 degrees warmer than today. Farming yields would have been very good so the farmers, for the first time, would have had lots of spare time.
    The same pattern of great advances being made in good climate times can be seen all over. Gobleki Tepe is a great example.
    The first time I remember visiting would have been in the mid 50s. My father borrowed the key to the padlock from the farmer who owned the land so we could open the gate and go up the passage. I will never forget it.

  • @BrotherRobbie
    @BrotherRobbie Před 4 lety +9

    This is one of the places I wanted to visit on my bucket list....simply amazing!

  • @hectorsmommy1717
    @hectorsmommy1717 Před 4 lety +38

    I was there when I visited Ireland. Incredible place. Other things to see in the area of Slane is Slane Castle and the Hill of Slane

    • @aaroncooke5818
      @aaroncooke5818 Před 4 lety +6

      Hector's Mommy coming from a guy who was born and raised in Slane, respect

    • @bosco4533
      @bosco4533 Před 4 lety +5

      You mean the Hill of Tara?

    • @rickc2102
      @rickc2102 Před 4 lety +2

      Your mention of Slane Castle makes me need to listen to Unforgettable Fire again.

    • @hectorsmommy1717
      @hectorsmommy1717 Před 4 lety +4

      @@aaroncooke5818 It was a wonderful little village and I hadn't heard of it before going to Ireland. I was looking for a place to stay that would be on a bus or train line and within walking distance of Newgrange and discovered everything else about it. Hill of Slane was much more interesting to me than Hill of Tara. I missed a Springsteen concert at the castle by 1 day. I even learned about Francis Ledwidge there.

    • @aaroncooke5818
      @aaroncooke5818 Před 4 lety +7

      Hector's Mommy it truly is a wonderful village, the estate if live in is called Ledwidge Hall after the man himself. Although Slane is not that well known it’s always nice to see tourists appreciating our rich heritage :)

  • @dwb74gb
    @dwb74gb Před 4 lety

    Thank you Simon and crew. My quarantine days have been filled with biographics, geographics, toptenz, today I found out, business blaze and megaprojects. I watch them all to the very end, still contemplating what merch to get though :).

  • @niallfaulkner9242
    @niallfaulkner9242 Před 3 lety +2

    Thank you for this video! I needed information for an essay/project on newgrange and I got tons of notes from this!

  • @arutka2000
    @arutka2000 Před 4 lety +89

    Simon: "What we in Britain call a joke."
    Also Simon: Laughing in British Empire.

    • @thenightwalker99
      @thenightwalker99 Před 4 lety +8

      Meh. Guinness and spuds. Not like we can argue with facts is it!

    • @patrickharrold5051
      @patrickharrold5051 Před 4 lety

      I would definitely agree still good vid tho

    • @m.g.3013
      @m.g.3013 Před 4 lety +2

      pOtAtO
      At least he finally talked about it. I'd unsubbed a while back because he hadn't

  • @marcellakirwan7148
    @marcellakirwan7148 Před 4 lety +3

    Proud to say my aunt worked with Professor O'Ceallaigh (O'Kelly) in the 60s and 70s. Thanks for the video. Go raibh maith agat.

  • @seanolivares9738
    @seanolivares9738 Před 4 lety +4

    Simon Whistler dude I find you everywhere. And everywhere I find you I like the show. Cheers mate, from a Texan history lover

  • @LucidLucifer13
    @LucidLucifer13 Před 3 lety

    SO happy about this video, about one of the places that's fascinated me for years. And a lovely early b-day present too XD Thank you for another exceptional video!

  • @legoqueen2445
    @legoqueen2445 Před 4 lety +3

    Simon, you forgot to mention the amazing acoustics inside the soltice chamber. It's beautiful to imagine the first light of the shortest day met with amazing music playing at the same time.

  • @cillianwebster4886
    @cillianwebster4886 Před 4 lety +3

    Brilliant, love to see more vids on Ireland

  • @ryleerichter804
    @ryleerichter804 Před 4 lety +2

    The greatest educational channels I’ve ever seen on the internet have all been made by this man 🔥 his voice makes me feel like I’m in some fancy cigar shops in the early 1900’s getting told stories lmaoo 🔥🔥🔥🔥 to awesome

  • @israelhoffman3324
    @israelhoffman3324 Před 4 lety +1

    Your videos are really keeping me going during the pandemic, I appreciate the extensive work you guys put into this! So interesting!

  • @williamsutter8047
    @williamsutter8047 Před 4 lety +10

    I mean the location of the doorway is still aligned with the equinox... The restoration project might of made assumptions with what the original layout of the window above it looked like but the alignment still checks, and considering how many sights have the same type of alignment, if it was an accident it was an accident that happened all across the world.

  • @fiachradillon
    @fiachradillon Před 4 lety +3

    I used to live right beside there. If you go into the museum you find out a little more than what he says here such as they found evidence of that they had done certain operations on on one another that were thought to be completely ahead of their time.

  • @jamiemckenney5578
    @jamiemckenney5578 Před 3 lety +1

    This particular video is an excellent example of something I love about this channel. When the answer is not known, you come right out and say it. You clearly define speculation as speculation. I really like that.

  • @tambula24
    @tambula24 Před 4 lety

    Thanks for the Mega Projects link

  • @PanglossDr
    @PanglossDr Před 3 lety +4

    The first time I visited Newgrange and entered the passage would have been around 1953. I have been back dozens of times and never cease to be impressed by it.

  • @munirone
    @munirone Před 4 lety +33

    I promise to go there... As soon as "going there" is a thing again 😅

    • @jokersgiddygrin
      @jokersgiddygrin Před 4 lety +4

      You'll be very welcome

    • @munirone
      @munirone Před 3 lety +2

      I'm in Canada, so for me it might be at least another 18 months before global travel is normal

  • @philipocarroll
    @philipocarroll Před 3 lety +1

    Really well researched! You covered pretty much everything known about Newgrange, including the controversies in 22 minutes.

  • @Greye13
    @Greye13 Před 4 lety +2

    Great video topic, Simon. Newgrange is one of the places I would love to visit some day. It's quite interesting. Thank you.

  • @jcarey1983
    @jcarey1983 Před 4 lety +6

    Simon, the one man Discovery channel 👍

    • @ShaunaAllen-qn6lt
      @ShaunaAllen-qn6lt Před 4 lety +2

      Went to Ireland and Newgrange in 2016. Most wonderful time of my life.5th generation of Irish descent. I would love to return before I die.

    • @jcarey1983
      @jcarey1983 Před 4 lety +1

      @@ShaunaAllen-qn6lt same here!!

  • @ignitionfrn2223
    @ignitionfrn2223 Před 3 lety +8

    1:35 - Chapter 1 - The miracle of light
    5:30 - Chapter 2 - Into the past
    8:55 - Mid roll ads
    9:45 - Chapter 3 - Building a piece of history
    12:45 - Chapter 4 - Controversy & decline
    16:15 - Chapter 5 - Lost past
    19:10 - Chapter 6 - Past regained

  • @ladymopar2024
    @ladymopar2024 Před 4 lety +1

    I'm adding this to my bucket list thank Simon

  • @chantingMajic
    @chantingMajic Před 4 lety

    Truly a wonder to see in person. I lived there for several years and loved it. Great video!

  • @hughjass9914
    @hughjass9914 Před 4 lety +76

    I remember going to Newgrange as a child in 99, on the winter solstice. We obviously weren't allowed in when the light hit, but it wasn't long after. One of the coolest experiences and partially kicked off my interest in history.
    A video of the Blarney castle would be cool, my hungover sister threw up in the carpark and it was a frozen spew puddle by the time we got back.
    I also remember eating Y2K bug shaped nuggets in the U.K at a petrol station, on the way to Stonehenge.
    Silly stories! Stay safe cunts, from Australia❤

    • @amandabromell9660
      @amandabromell9660 Před 4 lety +3

      aw I was hungover at Blarney too. I went and had a wee nap in the garden rather than go up to kiss the stone. Great gardens, great nap. Weird location for a castle.

    • @stacyrussell460
      @stacyrussell460 Před 4 lety +1

      Cheers!!

    • @cvn6555
      @cvn6555 Před 4 lety +1

      Fantastic. I was there in 99 a few months before you when I went to Ireland for a friend's wedding. Place is amazing.

  • @brandonhays07
    @brandonhays07 Před 4 lety +3

    Accidentally stumbled across Newgrange a few years ago when we had an extra day in Ireland on a trip. Was lucky enough to be there with Knowth was open as well. What an amazing experience. Highly recommend a visit!

  • @Ihridyaahni
    @Ihridyaahni Před 4 lety

    I live for these presentations. Simon makes the most mundane topics very interesting.

  • @kraftmayo
    @kraftmayo Před 2 lety

    I love your channels buddy!! Educating the world

  • @dunneincrewgear
    @dunneincrewgear Před 4 lety +19

    The Mourne Mountains are not 'nearly as far away' as County Down from New Grange. They're in County Down...

  • @jayjay350000
    @jayjay350000 Před 3 lety +3

    fantastic video. I love history and your video about Newgrange was very informative, funny and unbiased. I am from Ireland and naturally I love Irish history as well as the history of the people and culturally diverse kingdoms of Ireland and Britain. I think you should do a series on British and Irish castles and or castles around Europe also. Keep up the good work.

  • @Troy-Clarke
    @Troy-Clarke Před 4 lety

    Amazing work on this Video, to everyone involved!

  • @sschmidtevalue
    @sschmidtevalue Před 4 lety +1

    I love the humorous asides. It makes the presentation more interesting! Following in the footsteps of James Burke.

  • @gavalanche5327
    @gavalanche5327 Před 4 lety +26

    If you've ever holidayed in Dublin and a drunk bearded man insisted you visit this sight, it was probably me

    • @zeroireland
      @zeroireland Před 4 lety +4

      Just a message of appreciation for you username. 'Gavalanche' haha. Sensational stuff.

    • @gavalanche5327
      @gavalanche5327 Před 4 lety +1

      @@zeroireland Thanks man.

    • @thomoose4647
      @thomoose4647 Před 4 lety +2

      'a drunk bearded man' in Dublin? that really narrows it down

    • @gavalanche5327
      @gavalanche5327 Před 4 lety

      @@thomoose4647 *talking about Newgrange 😉

    • @archstanton6102
      @archstanton6102 Před 4 lety +2

      Oh that was you?
      Thanks for tip, I really liked it there.

  • @malvonius
    @malvonius Před 4 lety +4

    I loved visiting this place. There's old old old carvings on it from when it was unearthed again and even says
    Name was here then the year

  • @klingonsexy
    @klingonsexy Před 3 lety +2

    Thank you for illuminating this magnificent and important piece of Ireland's history!

  • @johncostello5869
    @johncostello5869 Před 3 lety +2

    I've been lucky enough to be part of an organised tour that gave us access to the inner chamber, when most don't, and having studied the monument as part of Art History in School and in College I am honored to have been allowed into such a monumental site. There is definitely something awe inspiring about the place when you approach it and to be inside was a dream come true for me. Inside you feel cocooned and connected somehow to the earth around you. As soon as the world gets back to "normal"you should consider a trip to Ireland to see this and many other sites

  • @ryans4877
    @ryans4877 Před 4 lety +3

    I wasn’t able to make to Newgrange when I visited in 2018 but did get to see Loughcrew and go into Cairn T. The experience of seeing and touching 5000 year old carvings was indescribable, that day is one of my most cherished memories.

  • @slainemccool2875
    @slainemccool2875 Před 3 lety +4

    I live in Ireland and still haven’t visited it *lowers head in shame*

  • @greywolf4330
    @greywolf4330 Před 4 lety +1

    Well done Simon, brilliant!
    If ancient monuments are the cake, the pyramids the Icing then Newgrange is the Cherry on Top.
    An excellent video, thank you so much for creating it.

  • @mellee8552
    @mellee8552 Před 4 lety +2

    Thank you art history for actually teaching me something I remember. Lol. Made me appreciate this video even more

  • @Brownyman
    @Brownyman Před 4 lety +28

    "The Irish Origins of Civilization" by Michael Tsarion is a 1,000+ page two volume book on the esoteric/occult history of the world; the very greatest.

    • @laoch5658
      @laoch5658 Před 2 lety

      complete bullshit

    • @charlesmanson2597
      @charlesmanson2597 Před 2 lety

      that lad is a complete and utter fool who spreads misinformation on purpose, ive been practicing occultism for 10 years now and read a ton of micheals work. hes a shill.

    • @vergecryptocurrency4552
      @vergecryptocurrency4552 Před 2 lety

      Tsarion is a great teacher

  • @glenchapman3899
    @glenchapman3899 Před 4 lety +6

    Thank you for the video. As a history nerd I was aware of the site. But not its age. Humans can be simply amazing when we want to be.

  • @steveoconnor522
    @steveoconnor522 Před 4 lety +2

    Fantastic knowledge given out here. brilliant narration. really educational. thank you so much for this. Absolutely brilliant. Thanks Simon.

  • @dervy5935
    @dervy5935 Před 3 lety +4

    As someone who lives about 30 minutes away and has been multiple times it’s 100% worth the visit

  • @michaelball93
    @michaelball93 Před 4 lety +4

    I went there on a coach tour from Dublin. The Hill of Tara has its charms as well.

  • @endaoconnor
    @endaoconnor Před 4 lety +2

    Visited when I was kid and again last summer, it is spectacular, standing in the chamber looking up at the huge stones perched above your head is a little unnerving. They simulate the light flooding it which is cool, as the waiting list for the real thing is decades long.

  • @Octavian_Martin
    @Octavian_Martin Před 4 lety +1

    Nice video. I live around 40 km from Newgrange and visited it last year. It's impressive and it's a must visit for County Meath along with places like Trim castle where a lot of Braveheart was filmed and Slane castle for those more musically inclined.

  • @ondrejmelich8927
    @ondrejmelich8927 Před 4 lety +7

    Newgrange is interesting site to visit . Was there in 06 and it give me a lot to think about

  • @shaunaisaJellyBean
    @shaunaisaJellyBean Před 4 lety +7

    I live 15 minutes from this, so wild to see it in a video!

  • @lagitanavderoscio
    @lagitanavderoscio Před 4 lety +1

    Enormously interesting 👌 nice work guys ☺️

  • @ddgallion
    @ddgallion Před 4 lety +2

    It is a fascinating place and an amazing structure. Photos and video can struggle to convey the scale, both in the large size, the very narrow low passageway, and the complexity of the inner chamber. I was fortunate to visit there in '99 while working in Drogheda, and staying in Bettystown, and would recommend having it on your list of places to visit.

  • @oriain81
    @oriain81 Před 3 lety +3

    Imagine having to first be aware of a winter solitice and then actually mark it before any building commenced thousands of years ago. That blows my mind.

  • @parvuspeach
    @parvuspeach Před 4 lety +3

    Love this stuff, thank you for this video! I feel i need to tell you that we have many smaller tombs like this called Anta(s) and stone circles, most in southern Portugal, older ( c.5000 to 3000 bc ) and way more primitive and rudimentary. Most, if not all, are aligned with solstices or other solar calendar events. One thing to note, do not understimate mankind's ability to travel in the late stone age, the moved long distances, just slower. And by the end of the last ice age im sure some of the humans that where in ice free iberia moved north following the coastlines and by boat.

  • @BrewBlaster
    @BrewBlaster Před 3 lety

    You always full up my Up Next column.

  • @bondisteve3617
    @bondisteve3617 Před 3 lety +1

    Loved it! Thanks.

  • @Tuberuser187
    @Tuberuser187 Před 4 lety +13

    8:55 Simon is a mega project, trying to personally takeover CZcams and we are approaching the final battle, Ragnarok where Simon will cast down Hank Green to ensure his domination will never be challenged.

  • @loddude5706
    @loddude5706 Před 4 lety +19

    Eccles: 'The clever thing is Dougal, if they couldn't write it down, how did they know the Sun would be on time?'

    • @helenclarke4735
      @helenclarke4735 Před 4 lety

      It

    • @helenclarke4735
      @helenclarke4735 Před 4 lety +1

      It's called oral history, A civilization capable of making such a monumment would also have dedicated people who kept careful records of such things and passing them down.

    • @loddude5706
      @loddude5706 Před 4 lety +2

      'Oh look Eccles, a whoosh with a sticky starter.'

    • @Johnnisjohnnis
      @Johnnisjohnnis Před 4 lety +1

      You don't need to use words to make a calendar.

    • @daragildea7434
      @daragildea7434 Před 4 lety

      @@loddude5706 Is that supposed to mean something?

  • @kevinbrady6075
    @kevinbrady6075 Před 4 lety

    Well done Simon and crew.

  • @russellfitzpatrick503
    @russellfitzpatrick503 Před 4 lety +1

    As ever a wonderful programme on an historical site that isn't a well-trodden one. Thanks

  • @MandyCummins
    @MandyCummins Před 4 lety +37

    "It's what we in Britain like to call a joke." Watch with captions, TRUST ME :'D

    • @888johnmac
      @888johnmac Před 4 lety +3

      lol , thanks for the heads up

    • @wolf1066
      @wolf1066 Před 4 lety +3

      I don't generally watch with captions but you convinced me - and I'm glad you did. :D

    • @bigemugamer
      @bigemugamer Před 4 lety +4

      Please RE-edit with time stamp. =D

    • @JS-fd8ey
      @JS-fd8ey Před 4 lety +4

      Start at 7:01

    • @asdf9890
      @asdf9890 Před 4 lety +1

      @@JS-fd8ey Thanks, I was getting annoyed having to rewatch from the beginning.