Cross Abbey

Crosses at Cross Abbey
Crosses at Cross Abbey, Belmullet, Co Mayo, Ireland

2 Ancient pillars
The ruins of the old church

Cross Abbey

The graveyard with many unmarked stones

Worn Ogham stone

The closest pillar is a worn Ogham stone with faint traces of straight and slant scores on the natural-square edge

Cross Abbey

Athcarne Cross

The White Cross (Athcarne Cross) erected in circa 1675 by Dame Cecilia Bathe as a memorial to herself and her husband Sir Luke Bathe who rented Athcarne Castle – it having been seized by Cromwell from the Bathe family.
Athcarne Cross
The east face of the cross depicted the Crucifixion of Jesus with his arms  held high above the head along the shaft of the cross and feet on a skull and crossbones.

Athcarne Cross
The west face with the Madonna and Child, with weathered carving of the arms of the Bathe and Dowdall families

Timahoe Round Tower

Timahoe Round Tower
Timahoe Round Tower and church ruin, Co Laois, Ireland

Timahoe Round Tower
St. Mochua, founded a monastery here in the 7th century

Timahoe Round Tower
12th century round tower standing 30m high

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

Donore Castle

Donore Castle
Donore Castle, Co Meath, Ireland

Donore Castle
Three storey tower house near the river Boyne

Donore Castle
Round tower on the corner housing a stairway

Donore Castle

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

Derelict Ireland 2


Ireland


Farm ruin and telephone box, Co Tyrone, Ireland

Derelict Ireland - Deserted cottages
Derelict Ireland – Deserted cottages, Co. Antrim, Northern Ireland


Glenelly Valley ruin, Co Tyrone, Ireland

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