Taghadoe Round Tower

Taghadoe Round Tower
Taghadoe Round Tower, Co Kildare, Ireland

Taghadoe Round Tower
Taghadoe: Teach Tua (the house of Tua). St. Tua, also called Ultan the silent founded a monastic settlement here in the the 6th Century

Taghadoe Round Tower

Old Dunfierth church and graveyard

Old Dunfierth church and graveyard
Old Dunfierth church and graveyard, Co Kildare, Ireland


Doorway of Dunfierth church which dates to 1500

Old Dunfierth church and graveyard
South wall window

Crucifixion carving
Crucifixion carving on back of vault

Carving on side
Carving on side of vault

Effigy of Knight
Effigy of Knight in vault

Duleek Abbey and High Crosses

St Mary's Abbey
St Mary’s Abbey, Duleek, Co Meath, Ireland

Duleek Abbey

Duleek Abbey
Parts of the ruin date from the 13th century

St Mary's Abbey, Duleek

St Mary's Abbey, Duleek
Bishop of Meath 1679-1688 effigy slab

St Mary's Abbey, Duleek
17th century decorated tomb

St Mary's Abbey, Duleek
15th century bell-tower

St Mary's Abbey, Duleek
The tower shows an imprint of a round tower

High Cross
The head and base of a 10th century High Cross (The south cross)

Duleek High Crosses
The north High Cross

Duleek Abbey and High Crosses

Tullaghan High Cross

Tullaghan High Cross
Tullaghan High Cross (east face) in the village of Tullaghan, Co Leitrim, Ireland

Tullaghan High Cross
The west face of the 9th-10th century medieval stone cross which was discovered on the shore of Donegal Bay in 1778 – it is thought to be part of a long lost monastery

Skreen Church and Cross

Skreen Church
Skreen/Skryne (from An Scrin – The Shrine) Church, Co Meath, Ireland

Skreen Church
This is the ruin of the 15th century church built on the site of an earlier monastery.
In 875 the relics of St Colmcille were brought here for safe keeping but the shrine was robbed in 1027 (later recovered)

Skreen Church
The church is the ruin that’s visible in the east from the Hill of Tara

Skreen Medieval cross
Medieval cross with very weathered Crucifixion carving on its west face

Skreen Church
South door with 14th century carving of a bishop

Skreen Church
Detail of the worn carving

St Patrick’s Church – Cairncastle

St Patrick's Church - Cairncastle
St Patrick’s Church, Cairncastle, Co Antrim, Northern Ireland

 Spanish Chestnut Tree at St Patrick's Church - Cairncastle
This Spanish Chestnut Tree, in the graveyard, is said to have sprouted from a chestnut that was in the pocket of a sailor who was washed overboard from the Spanish Armada and buried here.

Cross at St Patrick's Church - Cairncastle

Castledermot Friary

Castledermot Franciscan Friary
Castledermot Franciscan Friary, Co. Kildare, Ireland

Castledermot Franciscan Friary
Some parts of the friary date to around 1247. It was destroyed in 1317 by Edward the Bruce’s army but restored shortly afterwards

Bullaun stone - Castledermot Franciscan Friary
Bullaun stone in the friary

Castledermot Franciscan Friary

Castledermot Franciscan Friary

Castledermot Franciscan Friary

Clonmacnoise Monastic Settlement

South Cross, Temple Dowling and Temple Hurpan, Clonmacnoise monastic settlement
South Cross, Temple Dowling and Temple Hurpan, Clonmacnoise monastic settlement, Co Offaly, Ireland

Cross of the Scriptures, Clonmacnoise monastic settlement
Cross of the Scriptures (replica) and Cathedral, c.900, Clonmacnoise monastic settlement

Round Tower, Clonmacnoise monastic settlement
Round Tower, Clonmacnoise monastic settlement

North Cross (replica), Temple Connor, Romanesque church and round tower, Clonmacnoise monastic settlement
The North Cross (replica), Temple Connor, Romanesque church and round tower, Clonmacnoise monastic settlement

South Cross and Temple Dowling, Clonmacnoise monastic settlement
South Cross and Temple Dowling, Clonmacnoise monastic settlement

Clonmacnoise monastic settlement
12th century Romanesque church and round tower, Clonmacnoise monastic settlement

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Clonmacnoise monastic settlement ruins

Clonmacnoise monastic settlement

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Saints Dominic, Patrick and Francis
Saints Dominic, Patrick and Francis above the north door of the cathedral

Roundstone Franciscan Monastery

Roundstone Franciscan Monastery
Roundstone Franciscan Monastery, Co. Galway, Ireland. The monastry was established in 1835

Roundstone Franciscan Monastery
The tower, entrance gate and wall are all that remains of the monastery

Fore monastic settlement

Benadictine Priory, Fore
Fore Benadictine Priory Ruin

Benadictine Priory, Fore
Benadictine Priory ruin at Fore monastic settlement, Co Westmeath, Ireland

Benadictine Priory, Fore
St Finchin’s Church at Fore monastic settlement

Benadictine Priory, Fore

St Finchin’s Church

Benadictine Priory, Fore
Anchorite Tower and Church

Benadictine Priory, Fore
Anchorite Tower and Church

Benadictine Priory, Fore
St Finchin’s Church – holy font

Legananny Standing Stone

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Legananny Standing Stone, Co Down, Northern Ireland. The pillar features an inscribed cross

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The other side of Legananny Cross Inscribed Standing Stone

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Legananny Standing Stone to the right of the split hawthorn tree

Creevelea Abbey

Creevelea Abbey
Creevelea Abbey, Co. Leitrim, Ireland

Creevelea Abbey

Creevelea Abbey

Creevelea Abbey

Creevelea Abbey, shrine
Detail: small shrine at Creevelea Abbey with some offerings

Creevelea Abbey, wooden cross
Detail: small carved wooden cross at Creevelea Abbey

Magherakeel Graveyard

Magherakeel graveyard
The steps at Magherakeel graveyard near the ruins of St. Caireall’s Church

Magherakeel graveyard
Celtic Cross Headstones at Magherakeel Graveyard

Magherakeel graveyard
Magherakeel graveyard, Killeter, Co. Tyrone, Northern Ireland

Drumcliff (Drumcliffe)

Drumcliff: Round Tower, High Cross, St Columba’s church and WB Yeats grave
Drumcliff Round Tower
Drumcliff Round Tower, Co. Sligo, Ireland (10th-century)

Drumcliff Round Tower

There is a megalithic tomb a short distance from the round tower across the Drumcliff River called Coolbeg Wedge Tomb

Drumcliff Round Tower

Drumcliff High Cross
East face of the 9th-10th-century high cross

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West face of the 9th-10th-century high cross at Drumcliff

Drumcliff Church
St Columba’s, Drumcliff – burial place of WB Yeats

Drumcliff Church doors
Doors of St Columba’s Church emblazoned with bronze swans

WB Yeats Grave
The grave of WB Yeats at Drumcliff

WB Yeats Grave
The grave of William Butler Yeats with Benbulben Mountain in the background

WB Yeats sculpture
Bronze and stone sculpture featuring the words of WB Yeats by sculptor Jackie McKenna.

Had I the heavens’ embroidered cloths,
Enwrought with golden and silver light,
The blue and the dim and the dark cloths
Of night and light and the half-light,
I would spread the cloths under your feet:
But I, being poor, have only my dreams;
I have spread my dreams under your feet;
Tread softly because you tread on my dreams.

W B Yeats

Near the graveyard at St Columba’s, Drumcliff, Sligo, Ireland, the burial place of Yeats.

Hill of Slane

Hill of Slane
Hill of Slane, Slane, Co. Meath, Ireland

Hill of Slane

Hill of Slane - Franciscan Friary and College
The ruins of the Franciscan Friary and College

Hill of Slane - St Patrick's Church
The ruins of St Patrick’s Church

Hill of Slane - Chilean pine tree
The Chilean pine tree in the graveyard

Hill of Slane - St Patrick's Church

Hill of Slane - St Patrick's Church

Hill of Slane - St Erc’s tomb
Two rough stone slabs thought to be the remains of St Erc’s tomb. Patrick appointed Erc as the first Bishop of Slane

Monasterboice Monastic Settlement

Monasterboice High Cross and Round Tower
The Round Tower at Monasterboice, Co Louth, Ireland

Monasterboice, The Tall Cross or West Cross
The Tall Cross or West Cross – The east face

Monasterboice, The Tall Cross or West Cross
The Tall Cross or West Cross – The west face

Muiredach's High Cross
Muiredach’s High Cross – The east face and round tower

Muiredach's High Cross
Muiredach’s High Cross – The east face

Monasterboice, The North Cross
The North Cross – The east face with round tower

Monasterboice, The North Cross
The North Cross – The east face and sundial

Monasterboice, The North Cross
The North Cross – The west face

 

Boa Island Pagan Statues

Boa Island Statues
Two pagan statues in Caldragh graveyard on Boa Island on the north shore of Lower Lough Erne in Co Fermanagh, Northern Ireland

Boa Island Statues
The 2 headed pagan statue in Caldragh graveyard

Boa Island Statues

Clonca High Cross

Clonca High Cross
The 4 meter High Cross, Culdaff, Inishowen, Co Donegal, Ireland

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The ruins are of a 17 century church with a lintel from the earlier 12 century church

Clonca High Cross
Clonca (Cloncha) High Cross

Clonca High Cross

Turas of St Colmcille

Colmcille Cross Pillar
Glencolmcille, Co Donegal, Ireland – Turas station 2

Colmcille Cross Pillar
East face of the Cross pillar at Glencolmcille – Turas station 2

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West face of the Cross pillar at Glencolmcille, Co Donegal, Ireland – Turas station 2

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Colmcille Turas Station 9

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Cloch an Aonaigh or the Stone of the Gathering is a holed cross-pillar on a cairn in Glencolmcille – Turas Station 9

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Colmcille Cross Pillar – Turas Station 13

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Colmcille Cross Pillar – the decorated east side

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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