Historical Fiction Books

Bending The Boyne, ca. 2200 BCE by J.S. Dunn, a novel of ancient Ireland. The author became interested in the megaliths of the Boyne Valley and who built them and why. With the coming of metals and marine traders, the communities and mounds fell into disrepair around the time of 2000 BCE. This novel tells the story of what happened, drawing on the rich characters from early mythology: Boann, the Dagda, Cian, and others. Purchase at Amazon.com or Amazon.co.uk

Keeper of Stones by Ger Moane is set in ancient Ireland, 5,000 years ago. Briona, a young woman from the Wicklow Mountains, sets out on a journey to Newgrange to lay her birthstone on the mound and enter the great chamber on the morning of Winter Solstice. Ancient myths and legends are woven alongside astrology, dream-sharing, prophecy and healing in this otherworldly novel.
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Spirit Mound is a novel that focuses on the building of Newgrange when ancient tribes gathered in the Boyne River Valley to form a communal alliance consisting of the wheat tribe, the heron tribe and the wolf tribe. Oonah, chief of the wolf tribe, receives visions to build a spirit connector in which ashes of the deceased were to be placed in an inner chamber. There, during each winter solstice, the sun's rays would energise the spirits to come forth and communicate with the living up to our own time. Purchase at Amazon.com or Amazon.co.uk

The Princes of Ireland is a novel which begins in tribal, pre-Christian Ireland during the reign of the mighty High Kings at Tara. It is an epic story of love and battle, family life and political intrigue in Ireland over the course of eleven centuries. The Princes of Ireland weaves impeccable historical research and mesmerising storytelling in capturing the essence of a place and its people. Purchase at Amazon.com or Amazon.co.uk

The prologue to the novel sets the scene of ancient Ireland with the winter solstice at Newgrange the centrepiece.

The Stonehenge Scrolls by K.P. Robbins. Did Irish Builders Design Stonehenge?

This historical novel says that Irish builders designed Stonehenge. The author K.P. Robbins writes that a guild of monument builders trained at Ireland's Newgrange and then travelled the British Isles to supervise construction of ancient sites, including Stonehenge. Purchase at Amazon.com or Amazon.co.uk

Winter solstice - A Novel by Lucy Costigan explores the agonies and the ecstasies of loving and living, and the individual's attempt to cope with the ensuing chaos. This novel is a rich portrayal of love and relationships, loss and healing, and offers readers deep insight into ancient Celtic traditions of spirituality and rebirth.

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Conan & The Mystical, Magical Light Of Loughcrew by Tina Halpin and illustrated by Lisa Brady is the first ever children's book based on Loughcrew Cairns, a story inspired by the 5,000-year-old light spectacle at Loughcrew. While there are many insightful books and technical descriptions of the megalithic monuments at Loughcrew, until now there has been nothing to fire the imagination of children.