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
Killiney Stone Cross
Killiney Stone Cross, Dingle Peninsula, Co Kerry, Ireland
Crude High Cross just short of 3 meters high
Staigue Stone Fort
Staigue Stone Fort, Co Kerry, Ireland
Thought to have been built between 300 and 400 AD before the arrival of Christianity in Ireland
The entrance to Staigue stone dun
The inner tiered walls with steps
Clogher Dun
Clogher Dun/Cashel/Stone Fort, Co Sligo Ireland
Interior of Clogher Stone Fort with entrance top left
The entrance to a souterrain in Clogher Dun
Gallarus Oratory revisited
Gallarus Oratory a dry stone chapel constructed between the 7th and 12th centuries
Gallarus Oratory, Dingle Peninsula, Co Kerry, Ireland
The back of the chapel features a small window
The cross pillar at the site with worn inscription
Derrynane Abbey
Derrynane Abbey, Co Kerry, Ireland
Derrynane Abbey doorway
Glanfahan Beehive Huts
Glanfahan Beehive Huts, Dingle, Co Kerry, Ireland
Clochán Mór looking west. The clochauns are commonly called beehive huts
Clochán Mór consists of two joined huts – on the right is the entrance and on the left the linking doorway
The other entrance
Caherlehillan Cross Pillars
Caherlehillan Cross Pillars, Co Kerry, Ireland
The two Cross inscribed stones in front of the shrine at Caherlehillan
Robertstown Cross
Robertstown Graveyard Gate, Co Meath, Ireland
Robertstown Cross at the bottom of the lane to the graveyard
Carrowntemple Grave Slabs
Slab No.10, Carrowntemple Grave Slabs, Co Sligo, Ireland
West face of slab No.10, Carrowntemple
Carrowntemple slab No.3, elaborate triskele within a rough circle
Carrowntemple slab No.4, double-band ellipses and circles
Carrowntemple slab No. 8, maze pattern
Carrowntemple slab No. 1, single-line cross with rounded expanded terminals
Carrowntemple slab No. 12, single liner cross. All the slabs are replicas (by Cillian Rogers) with the originals in safe keeping
Inishkeel Cross Pillars
Inishkeel Cross Pillar, the east face decorated with a Celtic knot pattern
Inishkeel Cross Pillar, the east face decorated with a Celtic knot patterned cross
Inishkeel Cross Pillars, Inishkeel Island, Donegal, Ireland, the west face decorated with a worn Celtic knot pattern cross
Inishkeel Churches
St Connell’s Church and St Mary’s’ Church, Inishkeel Island, Donegal, Ireland
St Connell’s Church window detail
St Connell’s Church interior
St Mary’s’ Church ruin
St Mary’s’ Church doorway
Interior doorway of St Mary’s’ Church, Inishkeel Island
Leacanabuaile Stone Fort
Leacanabuaile Stone Fort, Co Kerry, Ireland
The rectangular and circular structure in the cashel
In the background Cahergal Stone Fort
St Ciaran’s Well
St Ciaran’s Well, Castlekeeran, Co Meath, Ireland – the bridge to the well
St Ciaran’s Well – rag tree at the well
Water flows through the natural rock formations
St Ciaran’s Shrine
St Nicholas Church Ruin
St Nicholas Church, Strabannon, Co Louth, Ireland
Cahergal Stone Fort
Cahergal Stone Fort, Co Kerry, Ireland
The path to Cahergal Stone For
The circular structure in the centre of the cashel
The interior tiered walls with stepped rampart
Doorway from inside the cashel
Kilmainhamwood Holed Stone
Kilmainhamwood Holed Stone, Co Meath, Ireland
The holed stone has a worn carved cross on this side not visible due to the back lighting. The carved cross may have been added at a later date to Christianise the megalith and site.
Font located by the graveyard gate
One of the grave slabs depicting a man and a women
Kilbeg Cross Slab
Kilbeg Cross Slab, Co Meath, Ireland
Kilmalkedar Early Christian Site
The Dingle Peninsula, Co Kerry, Ireland
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
Kells Monastic Site Revisited
Kells Round Tower, Kells, Co Meath, Ireland
Kells High Cross and Round Tower
Kells High Cross
Kells Bell Tower
Kells Bell Tower entrance carvings
Lugnagappul Ogham Stones
Legend has it that there was a battle at a place known as Pairc na Fola (Park of Blood). There at a low cairn called Cnoc na Fola (Hill of Blood) the slain were buried. At the edge of the cairn is a three stone row containing two ogham stones.
Lugnagappul Ogham Stones, Cnoc na Fola (Hill of Blood), 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, Taghmon, Co Westmeath, Ireland
The old church of Scrine (Screen)
The Fiddle Stone, Ballinascreen Old Church
The old church and graveyard at Ballinascreen (Baile na Scrine), Moneyconey, Co Derry, 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
Kilnasaggart pillar stone revisited
Kilnasaggart pillar stone, Co Armagh, Northern Ireland
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Drumcliff High Cross
Drumcliff High Cross, Co Sligo, Ireland
West face of the 9th-10th-century high cross at Drumcliff
Drumcliff High Cross with the shaft of another high cross and ruin of the round tower in the background
Boa Island Janus Statue revisited
West face of the Janus statue in Caldragh graveyard
Caldragh graveyard, Boa Island, Co Fermanagh, Northen Ireland
East face of the Janus statue on Boa Island
Tullyhogue Fort
Tullyhogue Fort, Co Tyrone, Northern Ireland
Tullyhogue Fort is the ancient ceremonial site where chieftains of the O’Neill dynasty of Tyrone were inaugurated as Kings on Leac na Rí (the Stone of Kings)
The structure was not for defence but for ceremonial purposes
A double bank surrounds the central enclosure
Leac na Rí – the Stone of Kings stood in this circular enclosure before it was destroyed by English forces in the early 1600s
Killadeas Ancient Stones
Killadeas – The Bishop’s Stone
Killadeas, Co Fermanagh, Northern Ireland
Killadeas – Standing Stone
Killadeas – Cross anb Cupmarked Slab
Killadeas – Holed Stone
Inishmacsaint High Cross
Inishmacsaint High Cross – unknown date, possibly 12th century
Small window in the ruined church beside the cross
A monastery was founded by St Ninnid in the 6th century here
Inishmacsaint Island, Lower Lough Erne, Co Fermanagh, Northern Ireland
Moneygashel Cashel
The track leading to Moneygashel stone fort
Moneygashel Cashel, Co Cavan, Ireland
The entrance to the cashel
Inside the cashel with a view to the south
The building attached to the wall of Moneygashel Stone Fort
St Mura’s Cross
Fahan Cross Slab aka St. Mura’s Cross, Co Donegal, Ireland
The west face of the Fahan Mura Cross Slab
The east face of the Fahan Mura Cross Slab
The small cross slab embedded into the wall at Fahan
Glencolmcille Turas Station 9
Glencolmcille Turas Station 9, Co Donegal, Ireland. The decorated northern face of the holed cross pillar
The stone is also known as Cloch an Aonaigh or the Stone of the Gathering
Glencolmcille Cross Pillar
Glencolmcille Turas Station 2, Co Donegal, Ireland
The pillar is inscribed on both sides – this is the east face