Pair of standing stones at Barnes Lower, Donegal, Ireland
Barnes Lower standing stones
Doon Standing Stone 2
Doon Standing Stone, Co Sligo, Ireland
This is located in the field next to the standing stone I photographed in 2018. Link to post here http://www.tonyoneill.org/2018/08/12/doon-standing-stone
Stroove Standing Stones
Stroove Tomb aka Stroove Standing Stones
Stroove Standing Stones, Inishowen Peninsula, Co Donegal, Ireland
Carrowmore Megalithic Complex revisited
Carrowmore Megalithic Complex, Co Sligo, Ireland
Carrowmore Tomb 1
Carrowmore Tomb 3
Carrowmore Tomb 4
Carrowmore Tomb 7
Carrowmore Tomb 13
Carrowmore Tomb 13
Carrowmore Tomb 18
Carrowmore Tomb 51 – Listoghill
Carrowmore Tomb 51 – the chamber in the cairn
Carrowmore Tomb 52
Carrowmore Tomb 52a
Carrowmore Tomb 53
Carrowmore Tomb 56
Carrowmore Tomb 57. Link for first visit to site here
Ballymagaraghy Standing Stones
Ballymagaraghy Standing Stones, Inishowen, Co Donegal, Ireland
The stone pair are surrounded by a small stone cairn
Carnaghan Portal Tomb
The remains of Carnaghan Portal Tomb aka Inch Island Portal Tomb, Co Donegal, Ireland
Doonfeeny Standing Stone
Doonfeeny/Dunfeeny Standing Stone, Co Mayo, Ireland
Also known as Cloch Fada (Long Stone) situated in an ancient graveyard
Detail of one of two crosses on Doonfeeny Standing Stone added to Christianise it
Ballymagaraghy Standing Stone
Ballymagaraghy Standing Stone, Inishowen Peninsula, Co Donegal, Ireland
Cong Abbey
Cong Abbey, Co Mayo, Ireland
St Mary of the Rosary Church
The Monk’s Fishing House
Arched doorway at Cong river
Temple of Deen
Temple of Deen Court Tomb aka Laraghirril Court Tomb
The court tomb is located on the Inishowen peninsula overlooking Trawbreaga Bay and Tremone Bay
Temple of Deen Court Tomb, Laraghirril, Culdaff, Inishowen, Co Donegal, Ireland
Meggagh Wedge Tomb
Meggagh Wedge Tomb, The Burren, Co Clare, Ireland
Templecronan
Templecronan / Temple Cronan, The Burren, Co Clare, Ireland
12 century church ruins probably built on the site of an earlier structure founded by St Cronan in the 7th Century
The tomb said to mark the burial place of St Cronan
The blocked original doorway
Gleninsheen Wedge Tomb
Gleninsheen Wedge Tomb, the Burren, Co Clare, Ireland
Killadangan Megalithic Complex
Killadangan Megalithic Complex, Co Mayo, Ireland
Killadangan Stone Row
Killadangan Standing Stone with Croagh Patrick mountain behind
Glebe North Stone Circle
Glebe stone circle (AKA Cong stone circle), Cong, Co Mayo, Ireland
One of four stone circles in the locality
Kilgeever Christian Site
Kilgeever Christian Site near Croagh Patrick, Co Mayo, Ireland
St Patrick’s rock in the foreground at Kilgeever
The Mass rock with inscribed cross – St Patrick’s rock
Toberreendoney, The holy well around which pilgrims walk and pray
Cross inscribed pillar in Kileever graveyard
More info here https://pilgrimagemedievalireland.com/tag/kilgeever-abbey/
Castlekine
Castlekine aka Ballykine Castle, Co Mayo, Ireland
The tower house ruin is situated in Clonbur Wood and is fenced off as it is structurally unsound
Srahwee Wedge Tomb
Srahwee Wedge Tomb, Co Mayo, Ireland
Kilulta Church ruin
Kilulta Church, Co Limerick, Ireland
The ruins are said to be ‘oldest church in the county’, date unsure but given as 8th century (info from National Monuments Service) and ‘believed to be one of the oldest stone churches in Ireland’ (Wikipedia)
The name can be translated as Cill an Ultaigh, the church of the Ulsterman, or Cill Ultain, the church of St Ultain (info from Heritage Project, Diocese of Limerick )
Breastagh Ogham Stone
Breastagh Ogham Stone, Killala, County Mayo, Ireland
The standing stone is over 3.5 metres in height
The inscription on one side reads L.GG……SD ….LEGESCAD and on the other side MAQ CORRBRI MAQ AMLOITT, translated as “The Son of Corbbri, Son Of Amloitt”
The Burren revisited
The Burren, Co Clare, Ireland
2 previous visits to the Burren here http://www.tonyoneill.org/2017/05/10/the-burren-landscape/
Tobar na Molt / Wethers Well
Tobar na Molt / Wethers Well, Ardfert, Co Kerry, Ireland
St Brendan, the navigator, is said to have been baptised at the well in 484AD by Bishop Erc and fostered by St Ita for the early years of his life
Inside the pilgrims shelter / chapel
The altar with carved figures said to represent St Brendan, Bishop Erc and St Ida. The faces marked with the sign of the cross from countless pilgrims
Carrowcrom Wedge Tomb
Carrowcrom Wedge Tomb, Co Mayo, Ireland
Athlone Castle
Athlone Castle, Athlone, Co Westmeath, Ireland on the banks of the River Shannon
Rattoo Round Tower
Rattoo Round Tower, Co Kerry, Ireland
Rattoo Round Tower and church ruin
The round tower stands over 27 metres tall
Rathduff Ogham Stone
Rathduff Ogham Stone, Dingle Peninsula, Kerry, Ireland
Cabragh Wedge Tomb
Cabragh Wedge Tomb, Co Sligo, Ireland
Askeaton Franciscan Friary
Askeaton Franciscan Friary, Co Limerick, Ireland
Askeaton Franciscan Friary
Fifteenth-century cloister arcade
Fifteenth-century cloister arcade
Carrigogunnell Castle
The ruins of Carrigogunnell Castle, Co Limerick, Ireland
Ballinphunta Wedge Tomb
Ballinphunta Wedge Tomb, Co Clare, Ireland
The tomb is located in Craughaun cemetery
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
Listowel Castle
Listowel Castle, Co Kerry, Ireland
15 century castle on the River Feale
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
Carrigafoyle Castle
Carrigafoyle Castle, Co Kerry, Ireland
Built in the 1490s by Conor Liath O’Connor Carrigafoyle Castle
Carrigafoyle Castle – ‘Guardian of the Shannon’
Clogher Head Standing Stone revisited
Clogher Head Standing Stone, Dingle Peninsula, Co Kerry, Ireland
Clogher Head Standing Stone photographed on my first visit over 30 years ago.
Graigue Standing Stone
Graigue Standing Stone, Dingle Peninsula, Kerry, Ireland
The stone has split with one part having fallen onto another large stone
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
