Today, we’re heading over to the Emerald Isle, to take a peek at an area in the North East corner of Ireland. County Meath is the home of the Loughcrew cairns, an ancient “site of megalithic burial grounds dating back to approximately 3500 and 3300 BC”. I drew my inspiration from my current read, Michelle Zink’s Circle of Fire. Lia, the main character, has to seek part of the prophecy info in this part of the world and being true to my geekish need-to-know form, I HAD to look it up! From what I read, this would be a fantastic place to explore, nevermind the rest of the beautiful country around it. Let’s take a look and tell me if you all agree:

(Remember Claire’s portal in The Outlander by Diana Gabaldon?)

It is seeing places like this that make me want to pull out the text books, and really study the history, in depth. Ah, if only I were like Indian Jones…

So, what do you think? Is this a place that needs to be added to the travel wishlist?

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Jackie is a quirky mom, living in Ontario, Canada. She's a bookkeeper by day and a book lover by night. She also blogs at The Novel Nation and writes occasionally for Heroes and Heartbreakers.

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