Irish ancestors used stars 'for both navigation and weather signs'

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Irish ancestors used stars 'for both navigation and weather signs'

It appears Ireland has a very unique connection to the night sky. Over the centuries, we used to look at the stars and use them to tell stories, tell the time and navigate our oceans. A journalist with a particular interest in folklore, Seán Mac an tSíthigh has painstakingly gone through Irish manuscript archives in UCD and uncovered a wealth of information about our ancestors that was previously unknown. He joined Sean to discuss...

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Irish ancestors used stars 'for both navigation and weather signs'