Carved with the symbols ‘Chi’ and ‘Rho’, the first two letters of the name ‘Christ’ in Greek
Drumaqueran Chi-Rho Stone, Co Antrim, Northern Ireland
Underexposed – an Irish Photoblog
Carved with the symbols ‘Chi’ and ‘Rho’, the first two letters of the name ‘Christ’ in Greek
Drumaqueran Chi-Rho Stone, Co Antrim, Northern Ireland
Ruins of Cranfield Church, Co Antrim, Northern Ireland. 13th century church at Lough Neagh. St Olcan is said to be buried here
Cranfield Church with old wooden cross
Holy Well at Cranfield Church, Co Antrim, Northern Ireland
Old wooden cross Cranfield Church
Bonamargy friary – contre-jour, Ballycastle, Co Antrim, Northern Ireland. Built by Rory MacQuillan in 1500
The ruin of Bonamargy friary with the holed cross
Bonamargy holed cross, said to mark the grave of Julia McQuillan, the black nun who lived there in the 17th century
The ruin of Bonamargy friary and the graveyard
Broughanlea Cross, Co Antrim, Northern Ireland
There is a carving of a crosier and a tau cross on it
Belfast Castle, Belfast, Northern Ireland. Infrared Kodak HIE film
Armoy Round Tower, Co Antrim, Northern Ireland. The monastery was originally founded in 460 by Saint Olcán
Armoy Round Tower and St. Patrick Church of Ireland
McArt’s Fort, Cavehill, Co Antrim, Northern Ireland
Ballyaghagan Cairn, with McArt’s Fort in the background
The dolmen just in front of the entrance to a house
Ballylumford Dolmen (Portal Tomb), Islandmagee, Co Antrim, Northern Ireland
Ballyutoag Court Tomb aka The Hanging Thorn Cairn, Co Antrim, Northern Ireland
Belfast Gasworks – HIE Kodak infrared film
Belfast Grand Opera House – HIE Kodak infrared film
Queen’s University Belfast – HIE Kodak infrared film
Donegal cottage by the sea
Donegal thatched cottage
Donegal cottage in the mountains
Antrim Hills – County Antrim
Donegal Mist – County Donegal
Cliffs of Moher – County Clare
Cavehill, trees in mist
Cavehill, trees. Konica infrared film with 25A red filter
Cavehill, trees in fog
Ballyvennaght Standing Stone, near Ballypatrick forest, Co Antrim, Northern Ireland
Known locally as Cloughacarna, the stone of sorrows
The first Cloughananca joint portal tomb, Co Antrim, Northern Ireland
The large collapsed capstone of the second Cloughananca joint portal tomb
Breen Standing Stone at sunset
Breen Standing Stone, Breen Oak Wood, Glenshesk, Co Antrim, Northern Ireland
Carn Greine (Carngraney) – Cairn of the Sun, Craigarogan, Co Antrim, Northern Ireland
Carrickfergus Castle, Co. Antrim, Northern Ireland
Timoleague Abbey, Co Cork, Ireland
Wart Well
Wooden cross in abbey
Carrickabraghy Castle, Isle of Doagh, Inishowen, Co. Donegal, Ireland
Kilnasaggart pillar stone (Cross inscribed stone)
The inscription ‘This place, bequeathed by Temoc, son of Ceran Bic, under the patronage of Peter, the Apostle.’
13 crosses are inscribed on the stone
Linford Earthworks, Co Antrim, Northern Ireland, with Knockdhu hill in the background
The smaller circular enclosure at Linford
The larger circular enclosure at Linford,
Killyglen Standing Stone, Co Antrim, Northern Ireland.
Moyry Castle, Co Armagh, Northern Ireland
Struell Holy Wells, Co Down, Northern Ireland
Struell Wells – The circular Drinking Well
Struell Wells – The Eye Well
Struell Wells – The Men’s Bath House – the back of it is the women’s changing room
Struell Wells – The Men’s Bath house
The Men’s and Women’s Bath Houses
The Women’s Bath House in the foreground with the Men’s Bath House behind
Inside the Women’s Bath House
Portaferry Castle (Savage’s Castle), built in the 16th century by the Savage family
Portaferry Castle (Savage’s Castle), Ards Peninsula, Co. Down, Northern Ireland.
Inch Abbey was established as a Cistercian monastery in 1177 on the site of an earlier Celtic monastic settlement
Inch Abbey, Co Down, Northern Ireland
Clonduff old church with the Mournes Mountains in the background
Clonduff cross, Co Down, Northern Ireland. An old cross (headstone?) in the ruins
St. Cooey’s Holy Wells – Altar, Ards Peninsula, Co Down, Northern Ireland
St. Cooey’s Holy Wells – Wash Well and Eye Well
St. Cooey’s Holy Wells – Drink Well
Glenroan Portal Tomb and in the background Barnes Gap
Glenroan Portal Tomb, Co Tyrone, Northern Ireland
The Ruins of Glenroan Wedge Tomb
Clogherny Wedge Tomb, Co Tyrone, Northern Ireland
The Stone Circle surrounds the wedge tomb
Dun Ruadh Stone Circle, Co Tyrone, Northern Ireland
An inner stone circle with an outer cairn and split thorn tree in the center of the circle
Malin More portal tomb, Co Donegal, Ireland
Malin More standing stone
Grianán Ailigh, (Grianán of Aileach) circular stone fort, Inishowen, Co Donegal, Ireland – which dates back to 1700BC
The east entrance to the court at Cloghanmore
Cloghanmore Court Tomb, Co Donegal, Ireland
The wall of the court at Cloghanmore
The capstone over the southern gallery
Detail of the left (south) gallery with a lintel and capstone
Killeavy churches, Co Armagh, Northern Ireland. 11th Century (West Church) and 15th Century (East Church with arched window)
Killeavy churches, Co Armagh, Northern Ireland. 11th Century church ruins with huge granite slabs forming the lintel doorway
St. Moninna’s grave at Killeavy churches. On this site St. Moninna founded a monastery for nuns in 517
Bocan Stone Circle, Culdaff, Inishowen, Co Donegal, Ireland
Below are a couple more pics taken in 2019
Cooley High Cross, Moville, Inishowen, Co Donegal, Ireland
In the graveyard beside the cross is the Skull House
aka Carndonagh High Cross aka St. Patrick’s High Cross
Carndonagh, Inishowen, Co Donegal, Ireland
The back of the Donagh High Cross
The carved pillar on the left side of the cross
The back of the carved pillar on the right side of the cross
The carved pillar on the right side of the cross
The Marigold Stone, in the graveyard beside the cross
West face of the Marigold Stone
East face of the Marigold Stone
Medieval style Gateway to Clifden Castle
Built in the Gothic Revival style by Clifden’s founder John D’Arcy around 1818