Cranfield Old Church

Cranfield Church
Ruins of Cranfield Church, Co Antrim, Northern Ireland. 13th century church at Lough Neagh. St Olcan is said to be buried here

Cranfield Church
Cranfield Church with old wooden cross

Cranfield Church
Holy Well at Cranfield Church, Co Antrim, Northern Ireland

Cranfield Church
Old wooden cross Cranfield Church

Bonamargy friary

Bonamargy friary
Bonamargy friary – contre-jour, Ballycastle, Co Antrim, Northern Ireland. Built by Rory MacQuillan in 1500

Bonamargy friary
The ruin of Bonamargy friary with the holed cross

Bonamargy holed cross
Bonamargy holed cross, said to mark the grave of Julia McQuillan, the black nun who lived there in the 17th century

Bonamargy friary
The ruin of Bonamargy friary and the graveyard

Bonamargy friary

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Broughanlea Cross

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Broughanlea Cross, Co Antrim, Northern Ireland

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There is a carving of a crosier and a tau cross on it

Armoy Round Tower

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Armoy Round Tower, Co Antrim, Northern Ireland. The monastery was originally founded in 460 by Saint Olcán

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Armoy Round Tower and St. Patrick Church of Ireland

Kilnasaggart pillar stone

Kilnasaggart pillar stone (Cross inscribed stone)

kilnasaggart stone pillar

The inscription ‘This place, bequeathed by Temoc, son of Ceran Bic, under the patronage of Peter, the Apostle.’

Kilnasaggart Pillar Stone

13 crosses are inscribed on the stone

Linford Earthworks

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Linford Earthworks, Co Antrim, Northern Ireland, with Knockdhu hill in the background

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The smaller circular enclosure at Linford

Linford Barrow

The larger circular enclosure at Linford,
Linford Earthworks

Struell Holy Wells

Struell Holy Wells
Struell Holy Wells, Co Down, Northern Ireland

Struell Holy Wells
Struell Wells – The circular Drinking Well

Struell Holy Wells
Struell Wells – The Eye Well

Struell Holy Wells
Struell Wells – The Men’s Bath House – the back of it is the women’s changing room

Struell Holy Wells
Struell Wells – The Men’s Bath house

Struell Holy Wells
The Men’s and Women’s Bath Houses

Struell Holy Wells
The Women’s Bath House in the foreground with the Men’s Bath House behind

Struell Holy Wells
Inside the Women’s Bath House

Inch Abbey

Inch Abbey

Inch Abbey was established as a Cistercian monastery in 1177 on the site of an earlier Celtic monastic settlement

Inch Abbey Cistercian monastery ruin

Inch Abbey, Co Down, Northern Ireland

Clonduff old church

Clonduff old church

Clonduff old church with the Mournes Mountains in the background

Clonduff old church

Clonduff cross, Co Down, Northern Ireland. An old cross (headstone?) in the ruins

St. Cooey’s Holy Wells

Cooey's Wells

St. Cooey’s Holy Wells – Altar, Ards Peninsula, Co Down, Northern Ireland

Cooey's Wells

Cooey's Wells

St. Cooey’s Holy Wells – Wash Well and Eye Well

Cooey's Wells

St. Cooey’s Holy Wells – Drink Well

Cooey's Wells

Cloghanmore Court Tomb

The east entrance to the court at Cloghanmore

Cloghanmore court Tomb

Cloghanmore Court Tomb, Co Donegal, Ireland

Cloghanmore court Tomb

The wall of the court at Cloghanmore

Cloghanmore court Tomb

The capstone over the southern gallery

Cloghanmore court Tomb

Detail of the left (south) gallery with a lintel and capstone

Cloghanmore court Tomb

Killeavy old churches

Killeavy old churches
Killeavy churches, Co Armagh, Northern Ireland. 11th Century (West Church) and 15th Century (East Church with arched window)

Killeavy old churches
Killeavy churches, Co Armagh, Northern Ireland. 11th Century church ruins with huge granite slabs forming the lintel doorway

Killeavy old churches
St. Moninna’s grave at Killeavy churches. On this site St. Moninna founded a monastery for nuns in 517

Donagh High Cross

aka Carndonagh High Cross aka St. Patrick’s High Cross

Donagh High Cross

Carndonagh, Inishowen, Co Donegal, Ireland

Carndonagh High Cross

The back of the Donagh High Cross

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The carved pillar on the left side of the cross

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The back of the carved pillar on the right side of the cross

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The carved pillar on the right side of the cross
The Marigold Stone, in the graveyard beside the cross

Marigold Stone, Carndonagh

West face of the Marigold Stone

Marigold Stone, Carndonagh

East face of the Marigold Stone

Clifden Castle

Clifden Castle

Medieval style Gateway to Clifden Castle

Clifden Castle

Built in the Gothic Revival style by Clifden’s founder John D’Arcy around 1818

Clifden Castle

Clifden Castle