Clíodhna Ní Lionáin (born Coolgreaney,

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. She was lead archaeologist for the Devinish project

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in July 2018 that discovered a 5,500-year-old passage tomb Megalithic

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and

Newgrange Newgrange ( ga, Sí an Bhrú) is a prehistoric monument in County Meath in Ireland, located on a rise overlooking the River Boyne, west of Drogheda. It is an exceptionally grand passage tomb built during the Neolithic Period, around 3200 BC, ...

. Ní Lionáin described the discovery as "truly the find of a lifetime".Megalithic passage tomb discovered in Co Meath
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, 16 Jul 2018. Retrieved 7 January 2021

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Coolgreany's Clíodhna leads dig of immense importance

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Clíodhna Ní Lionáin Humanities Institute , UCD Humanities Institute (HI)
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