Glebe stone circle (AKA Cong stone circle), Cong, Co Mayo, Ireland
One of four stone circles in the locality
Glebe North Stone Circle
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/
Derry Churches, Ards
Derry Churches, Ards Peninsula, Co Down, Northern Ireland
The 1st photo is the north church, the smaller south church above and below
The site is associated with St. Cummain ( St. Cumman)
A small early cross inscribed stone stands in the north church
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 https://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
Galloon Graveyard Gravestones
Galloon Graveyard, Co Fermanagh, Northern Ireland
Many of the gravestones are carved with reminders of our mortality – skull & crossbones, coffin, hourglass and bell
Galloon Graveyard carved gravestone
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
Dungiven Standing Stone
Dungiven Standing Stone, Co Derry, Northern Ireland
The 2 meter stone is on a mound in a field behind the graveyard of St Patrick’s church, Dungiven
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
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
Ballykeel Dolmen painting
Ballykeel Dolmen oil painting, 2019
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