Rattoo Round Tower, Co Kerry, Ireland
Rattoo Round Tower and church ruin
The round tower stands over 27 metres tall
Rattoo Round Tower
Category Archives: Early Christian Ireland
Early Christian and Medieval Ireland, a selection of Christian sites – High Crosses, Carved Stones, Round Towers, Ancient Abbeys, Friaries and Churches. Also Castles
Rathduff Ogham Stone
Rathduff Ogham Stone, Dingle Peninsula, Kerry, Ireland
Askeaton Franciscan Friary
Askeaton Franciscan Friary, Co Limerick, Ireland
Askeaton Franciscan Friary
Fifteenth-century cloister arcade
Fifteenth-century cloister arcade
Galloon Graveyard Gravestones
Galloon Graveyard, Co Fermanagh, Northern Ireland
Many of the gravestones are carved with reminders of our mortality – skull & crossbones, coffin, hourglass and bell
Galloon Graveyard carved gravestone
Colaiste Ide Ogham Stones
Colaiste Ide Ogham Stones, Dingle Peninsula, Co Kerry, Ireland
There are seven ogham stones in the grounds of Colaiste Ide/Burnham House gathered by Lord Ventry
In the background is the small Bullaun stone
Ardfert Ecclesiastical Site
Ardfert Cathedral, Co Kerry, Ireland
Ardfert Ecclesiastical Site
Ardfert Cathedral interior
Temple Na Hoe, Ardfert
Temple Na Hoe -the west face
The Romanesque west doorway of the Cathedral
Reask monastic site
Reask Cross Pillar
Three of the cross pillars at Reask
The small pillar to the south-east of the large pillar
The other small pillar east of the large pillar
Reask monastic site
Kilfountan Cross Pillar
Kilfountan Cross Pillar, Co Kerry, Ireland
Corcomroe Abbey
Corcomroe Abbey, Co Clare, Ireland
Founded for Cistercian monks around 1195
Askeaton Franciscan Friary
Askeaton Franciscan Friary,Co Limerick, Ireland
Friary founded in 1389 by Gerald Fitzmaurice Fitzgerald, 3th earl of Desmond or 1420 by James Fitzgerald Fitzgerald, 7th earl of Desmond
15 century cloister arcade
Askeaton Franciscan Friary’s impressive ruins
