Dr. Muiris O’Sullivan

Now, that's just a personal sort of way of expressing it. And they may not even have thought that way. But you wonder if it was one of those impetuses that may have been going on. And this is why these monuments, they're often designed, especially passage tombs, to be seen from far away. And they interlink across the country from mountaintop to mountaintop in some cases.

I'm just thinking of particular cases where in the evening, maybe when the sun is beginning to drop in the sky and you're in the landscape, maybe within 10 miles of these, the mound or the cairn on top of the mountain stands out so strongly, you know, it's very starkly. And these were obviously designed to be seen. And they obviously sent a statement.

I'm just thinking of particular cases where in the evening, maybe when the sun is beginning to drop in the sky and you're in the landscape, maybe within 10 miles of these, the mound or the cairn on top of the mountain stands out so strongly, you know, it's very starkly. And these were obviously designed to be seen. And they obviously sent a statement.

I'm just thinking of particular cases where in the evening, maybe when the sun is beginning to drop in the sky and you're in the landscape, maybe within 10 miles of these, the mound or the cairn on top of the mountain stands out so strongly, you know, it's very starkly. And these were obviously designed to be seen. And they obviously sent a statement.

Michael J. O'Kelly made an effort to try to quantify how long it would have taken, you know, and I think he had a, I think he was talking about maybe if you had a workforce of about 300, et cetera, that you would take maybe about six years to build a new Grange. I think that was something like that he gave as a figure, you know. But it's very difficult for us today.

Michael J. O'Kelly made an effort to try to quantify how long it would have taken, you know, and I think he had a, I think he was talking about maybe if you had a workforce of about 300, et cetera, that you would take maybe about six years to build a new Grange. I think that was something like that he gave as a figure, you know. But it's very difficult for us today.

Michael J. O'Kelly made an effort to try to quantify how long it would have taken, you know, and I think he had a, I think he was talking about maybe if you had a workforce of about 300, et cetera, that you would take maybe about six years to build a new Grange. I think that was something like that he gave as a figure, you know. But it's very difficult for us today.

I've seen, I mean, anyone who has worked in the field, so to speak, and I'm from a farming background myself as well, in addition to the archaeology, that people who work with particular types of material become very adept at handling the material. I've even seen at Nouth, for example, where there was a lot of stone being moved around by the people working on the site by hand.

I've seen, I mean, anyone who has worked in the field, so to speak, and I'm from a farming background myself as well, in addition to the archaeology, that people who work with particular types of material become very adept at handling the material. I've even seen at Nouth, for example, where there was a lot of stone being moved around by the people working on the site by hand.

I've seen, I mean, anyone who has worked in the field, so to speak, and I'm from a farming background myself as well, in addition to the archaeology, that people who work with particular types of material become very adept at handling the material. I've even seen at Nouth, for example, where there was a lot of stone being moved around by the people working on the site by hand.

They became extraordinary at moving large stones around, rolling them on boughs of trees and so forth. And I think that's one of the things to take into account. But then as against that, they didn't have the facilities we would have today. They didn't have wheeled vehicles, for example, never mind anything mechanical. They didn't have horses at the time in Ireland.

They became extraordinary at moving large stones around, rolling them on boughs of trees and so forth. And I think that's one of the things to take into account. But then as against that, they didn't have the facilities we would have today. They didn't have wheeled vehicles, for example, never mind anything mechanical. They didn't have horses at the time in Ireland.

They became extraordinary at moving large stones around, rolling them on boughs of trees and so forth. And I think that's one of the things to take into account. But then as against that, they didn't have the facilities we would have today. They didn't have wheeled vehicles, for example, never mind anything mechanical. They didn't have horses at the time in Ireland.

So they were moving the stuff without a lot of the modern facilities. And some of these stones they moved were absolutely extraordinarily large stones, which in some cases were brought from quite far away.

So they were moving the stuff without a lot of the modern facilities. And some of these stones they moved were absolutely extraordinarily large stones, which in some cases were brought from quite far away.

So they were moving the stuff without a lot of the modern facilities. And some of these stones they moved were absolutely extraordinarily large stones, which in some cases were brought from quite far away.

And, you know, I always sort of think it's so funny like that, having brought these stones from wherever, you know, they arrived down there, maybe if they came along the boy, whatever way they came along, they said, well, while we're at it, let's bring them up to the top of the hill, you know. Yes, that's the thing.

And, you know, I always sort of think it's so funny like that, having brought these stones from wherever, you know, they arrived down there, maybe if they came along the boy, whatever way they came along, they said, well, while we're at it, let's bring them up to the top of the hill, you know. Yes, that's the thing.

And, you know, I always sort of think it's so funny like that, having brought these stones from wherever, you know, they arrived down there, maybe if they came along the boy, whatever way they came along, they said, well, while we're at it, let's bring them up to the top of the hill, you know. Yes, that's the thing.

Absolutely, yeah. And indeed, I often think, and I'm straying into something slightly different, so bear with me for a second, that the journey of each of these stones must have been in itself quite a saga, you know, and something that was remembered by people, you know, the actual...