3,000-year-old bog body found in Irish bogland

This was probably a ritual deposition of a human sacrifice 1 of you Yankee mouth pieces,let Ireland handle its own problems without people from the colonies trying to give advice,you are the people that sailed away so shut up

Jacers: How far back does 'celtic' go? 3 - 5000 years is a long road. We can't know who or what this was or the circumstances of the death. ~ ~ ~ I like your idea of a modern-day sacrifice - but surely not poor Portia777 - but in case you hadn't noticed; the whole Irish Nation has already been sacrificed on the Altar of Mammon!

Or on the other hand it could be a male?

The apparent morbid death of this lady in the bog is inescapable. It was clearly part of the old Celtic way of life, the one that Portia777 wants us all to return to - the one where all Celtic druidic men in dresses decided which young beautiful woman (or hag of a mother-in-law) should be offered for sacrifice. Maybe we should, after all, follow Portia’s advice and return to those ancient Celtic days’ practices... what if I nominate Portia777 to be the first modern-day sacrifice to save us all from the horrible news and events that we all are suffering from? I wonder how she’d feel about fine Celtic warriors in short dresses, or perhaps solemn Druids in long dresses, cutting her in half with a deft sweep of a colg or claíomh. Ar dheis Dé go mbeidh anam an bhean tragóideach seo.

sirpeter:I'll leave the Gardai/Police to dcide theat...you may be one or both...who knows...?

FGreggMeagher: The 'Gallows Humour' tone of many of the comments here do not in any way show disrespect for any human life. Indeed, that is a part of human life itself,and should be celebrated as an emotional escape route from the horrible reality that this individual appears to have experienced. After such a long time, we are unlikely to ever establish the facts, so should remain unemotional and non-religious ( in the Christian sense, especially ~ as this predates the 'coming of christ'. Much more interesting is: who the remains 'belonged' to; how and why are they where they are. Was what we now like to call Ireland connected by a landbridge eastwards? What was 'Ireland' called then ~ when only a few small tribes had settled there...? Lets hope the boffins at The National Museum can provide some answers.

Maybe my comment will be inappropriate here after reading the others. However, I value the 'Life', and respect the same, of whomever this individual was. Too bad that we will never know the facts concerning her life or her fate. In some way, due to the found remains, she is still an integral part of our reality and presence. I sincerely hope that she did not experience in a woken state her suffering, if in fact she was sacrificed. RIP.

Why human sacrifice? Maybe she just got lost on the way home from the pub.

@themurphia.So how long is your record of threats of violence towards you? I suspect the whole neighbourhood which won't be much help.

The original Bogger no doubt.

I was readin in a Bog Blog that she may have been a former friend of Whitey Bulgar. I'd also check her dental records to see if they matched Amelia Erhart's.If there were any $100 bills preserved with the body, it might be D. B. Cooper?

I bet she found obuma's real birth certificate !!

I suppose someone will blame the IRa, looks like a knee capping

Sacrifice Cathil

Sadly, she probably met her end that her people could trust their gods to supply them with an adaquate harvest or a victory over a neighboring tribe. Good thing we are not still that deluded. Now how do we fix the economy?