Ireland is Atlantis

Dub13

New book identifies Ireland as Atlantis
04/08/2004 - 10:21:27

A new book investigating the myth of Atlantis says that the mythical land was actually the island of Ireland.

The claim is made by geologist Ulf Erlingsson in his book 'Atlantis from a Geographer’s Perspective: Mapping the Fairy Land', who is to visit Ireland on August 11 to 13.

In his book Erlingsson bases his evidence on Plato's desription of Atlantis which, according to Erlinsson, matches Ireland perfectly. Statistically, the scientist claims, the probability is over 99.98% that Plato was describing Ireland.

Erlingsson says: "Just like Atlantis, Ireland is 300 miles long, 200 miles wide, and widest over the middle. They both feature a central plain that is open to the sea, but fringed by mountains. No other island on earth even comes close to this description."

“What has led most students astray is that Atlantis sank in the sea”, says Dr Erlingsson.

“It is an ‘Atlantic myth’ all right – but a myth from, not about, Atlantis”.

"The island that sank was Dogger Bank. It was struck by a disastrous flood-wave around 6,100 BC, and now rests deep under the waves of the North Sea."

In the book, Dr Erlingsson shows how the Atlantic Empire probably can be associated with the megalithic monuments of Europe and Northern Africa. Their geographic distribution matches the extent of the Atlantic Empire as Plato described it.

The Atlantean capital can be connected with Tara, the legendary seat of the high king of Ireland.

The temples of Poseidon and the ancestors match up well with the so-called passage tombs of Newgrange and Knowth, in the Boyne valley.

They are the oldest roofed buildings anywhere in the world.

Ulf Erlingsson has a Ph.D. in Physical Geography from Uppsala University.

His specialty is geological processes, under-water research, and natural disasters—.

Mossy Monk

i learn something new every day

yossarin

so the ancestors of the secret and mystic Atlantians are the modern irish ?
i always knew we were special.

no, wait. i though Atlantis was
Bimini in the Bahamas , or was it Cyprus , or mexico . no wait - i'm such a klutz - it was all of south america

What is it about academics what causes them to blurt out stuff like this. Even Heinrich Schliemann planted treasure when he found 'troy'

Lozjm

yossarin wrote:

so the ancestors of the secret and mystic Atlantians are the modern irish ?

Probably blame the English for it's sinking also !

GuanYin

any chance of a link to the source article?

yossarin

Ireland online

god bless google

robbie1876

Well fook me...

Dub13

http://www.breakingnews.ie/2004/08/04/story160077.html

ixoy

Atlantis is Ireland? Poppycock. It's in the Pegasus galaxy...

Dub13

So now we are all atlaneans not Irish

Dub13

Why dont we just ask Sir Bobby Robson what really happened 26,000 years ago.


Im sure he will remember it.

tricky D

no, wait. i though Atlantis was
Bimini in the Bahamas , or was it Cyprus , or mexico . no wait - i'm such a klutz - it was all of south america
forgot the Azores.
eh, no, wait again, latest theory is that it is the south of Portugal, which used to be not so submerged and just beyond the Pillars of Hercules just like Plato(?) said. No linkies, but saw it on the television so it must be true

ALLGOOD

Lozjm wrote:

Probably blame the English for it's sinking also !

Well, they are filthy disease ridden huns

Stark

So this famous Ireland before alcohol we've heard about in Family Guy is actually Atlantis? What did they sink under again ?

Dont be at yourself

You know what this means, right?

Aquaman lives among us!

yossarin

> south of Portugal
that was it ! - i was wracking my brain trying to think where the second-to-latest place was.

it seems that everywhere was the place at some point. Its probably much cooler *not* to have been it.

Beruthiel

Stark wrote:

What did they sink under again ?

they sunk into depression due to lack of alcohol obviously

Jim

"Everyone! Jimmy O'Brien has just invented a new beverage in his basement."
"Hmmm....whis-key..."

monument

It is 'Silly Season' after all.

Hobbes

ixoy wrote:

Atlantis is Ireland? Poppycock. It's in the Pegasus galaxy...

I was going to say the exact same thing.

funky penguin

I didnt know newgrange and knowth are the oldest roofed buildings in the world.