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Hi Bob, Thanks for your synopsis re. Irish megalithic monuments. I have been reading Burenhult's article in British Archaeology No 82. His comments are
... Regardless of the many arguments either way, it does seem to me that proper proof of a Palaeolithic presence in Ireland will eventually be uncovered, and
The possibility of a Palaeolithic human presence in Ireland has once again presented itself. A flaked flint dating to about 200,000 years ago found in Co Down