County Roscommon, Tuesday 26th July 2022…

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The ‘oldest’ tomb at Carrowmore has recently been

controversially dated to the Late Mesolithic,

using the latest new-fangled dating method,

but the folk of that time are not supposed to have been

building tombs and burying the remains of their kinsfolk.

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That privilege is reserved for the ‘agriculturalists’!

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Modern agriculturalists show little respect

for any of the monuments, be they Mesolithic, Neolithic

or indeed Bronze or Iron age…

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