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First name checks out :) I promised a coworker up north a bit in Meath that one day I’d come visit him and got that chance about seven years ago. Along the way
by SEJeff 2y ago
First name checks out :)
I promised a coworker up north a bit in Meath that one day I’d come visit him and got that chance about seven years ago. Along the way we did the tourist in Dublin thing and part of it was the trinity long room and book of kells. Amusingly, a cabbie was asking me what I loved about Dublin and I said the history. He asked what in specific and I told him that there is probably chewing gum on the ground older than the founding of the United States. He got super offended and told me they clean the streets in Ireland, but then I mentioned the Aran Islands, Newgrange, and the Drombeg Stone Circle… What is “old” in Ireland is 3000-5000 years old. What is “old” in the USA is a few hundred years old at best.
Such a lovely place and people.
- Amezarak 2y agoIf you are counting stone circles, it seems unfair not to count 5000 year old mounds in the US.
- SEJeff 2y agoThe Drombeg stone circle is like stone henge’s grandfather.
- badcppdev 2y agoDromberg looks great and Stonehenge is definitely far too crowded with tourists[0] but with respect to age Dromberg is considered to be 3000 years old [1] versus Stone henge being 5000 years old [2] I will resist the temptation to joke about time travelling aliens 0 - Why do the tourists have so many Disney shirts, hats, and backpacks??? 1 - https://www.tuatha.ie/drombeg-stone-circle/ https://www.tuatha.ie/drombeg-stone-circle/ 2 - https://www.english-heritage.org.uk/visit/places/stonehenge/history-and-stories/history/ https://www.english-heritage.org.uk/visit/places/stonehenge/...
- FearNotDaniel 2y agoMy attempt to answer question 0 - apart from the most obvious answer, that it's a global megabrand present in every culture that is connected with the global mainstram, so it's like asking why do so many tourists drink Coke and eat at McD's - underpinning a great deal of what Disney does creatively is a collective longing for myth, magic, mystery and timeless stories that reach back through the ages. People who like that kind of stuff (i.e. an awfully large percentage of humans) and who happen to be passing through that part of England will be inevitably drawn to those big ol' stones rising out of the mist...
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- portaouflop 2y agoLots of old things/places in the US too if you don’t disregard native history.