In this second episode, travel writer Fionn Davenport heads to the Hill of Tara, ancient Ireland’s seat of power, to confront the central mystery of the bog bodies: why did Clonycavan Man and Old Croghan Man kneel before their killers? 

To understand their world, he begins where the high kings of the Bronze and Iron Ages were crowned. With insights from Hill of Tara guide Margaret Brady, archaeologists Dr Jacqueline Cahill Wilson and Dr Rena Maguire, and former National Museum Keeper Eamonn Kelly, this episode pieces together what life – and death – looked like in Iron Age Ireland. 

Explore more of Ireland’s ancient past, from the Neolithic to the early Christian era, at https://www.discoverireland.ie/the-discovery-series