Tom O'Connor (Priest)
Lambert M. Surhone, Mariam T. Tennoe, Susan F. Henssonow
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Tom O'Connor, local historian
A native of Kiltullagh, Athenry, O Connor has spent almost 50 years researching the history and geopolitics of Iron Age Ireland, notably early Connacht.
His books, Turoe & Athenry: Ancient Capitals of Celtic Ireland and Hand of History, Burden of Pseudo-History, present a Celtic royal complex, unprecedented in Ireland for its size and layout, but similar to Belgic centres of power, called oppida by Caesar, in SE England and on the Continent, centered on Turoe in County Galway, site of the famous Turoe stone
Among the finest example of La Tene Celtic stone art in Europe, the stone was set on Turoe hill (Cnoc Temhro).
According to O'Conner, it is part of a hitherto unrecognised royal sanctuary at the core of a Belgic-like oppidum defensive system of linear embankments, connected with the supposed Celtic invasion of Ireland.
