Kilmalkedar Church, Ogham Stone and Cross
Kilmalkedar Romanesque Church
Kilmalkedar Romanesque doorway
Kilmalkedar Cross
Kilmalkedar Cross
Kilmalkedar Ogham Stone
Kilmalkedar Ogham Stone
Kilmalkedar Ogham Stone and Cross
Kilmalkedar Sundial
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
Kells Monastic Site Revisited
Kells Round Tower
Kells High Cross and Round Tower
Kells High Cross
Kells Bell Tower
Kells Bell Tower entrance carvings
Lugnagappul Ogham Stones
In a field known as Pairc na Fola (Park of Blood), where a battle is said to have taken place in ancient times, there is a low cairn called Cnoc na Fola (Hill of Blood) where the slain were buried. At the edge of the cairn is a three stone row containing two ogham stones.
Lugnagappul Ogham Stones, Co Kerry, Ireland
St Munna’s Church Sheela na gig
Shela na gig above the window at St Munna’s Church ruin
Shela na gig detail
St Munna’s Church
The old church of Scrine (Screen)
The Fiddle Stone, Ballinascreen Old Church
The old church and graveyard at Ballinascreen (Baile na Scrine), Moneyconey, Co Tyrone, Northern Ireland
Open vault in the graveyard at Ballinascreen
The broken holed stone in the church with a fern growing through it
Fore monastic settlement revisited
High Cross at Fore
Cross Slab, St Finchin’s Church
Lintelled doorway and font at St Finchin’s Church, Fore monastic site
Benadictine Priory ruin
Fore monastic settlement, Co Westmeath, Ireland
Castletown Cross Slab
Castletown Cross Slab, Co Meath, Ireland
Castletown Old Church
Castlekeeran
Castlekeeran – Three High Crosses, Ogham Stone and Cross Slab
The West Cross
The South Cross
The North Cross
The Ogham Stone
The Cross Slab
The Ogham Stone inscription reads COVAGNI MAQI MUCOLI LUGINI, translated as “Cuana son of the people of Luigni” (Wikipedia)
Balrath Cross
Balrath Cross, Co Meath, Ireland
The Pietà and inscription asking for a prayer for the soul of John Broin
The west face has a crucifixion
One of the carved arms on the 16th century cross
Killeavy old churches
Killeavy churches, Co Armagh, Northern Ireland
11th Century (West Church) and 15th Century (East Church with arched window
11th Century lintel doorway with huge granite slabs