Tullaherin Monastic Site, Co Kilkenny, Ireland
Tullaherin Round Tower and Church
Tullaherin Round Tower
Tullaherin Ogham Stone
Tullaherin Monastic Site
Stonecarthy Church
Stonecarthy (Stoneycarthy) Church, Co Kilkenny, Ireland
Stonecarthy Church and Graveyard
St Mary’s Church – Gowran
St Mary’s Church, Gowran, Co Kilkenny, Ireland
Dating from the late 13th century the medieval church was partly reconstructed in the early 19th century
Clara Church
Clara Church, Co Kilkenny, Ireland
The ruin of Clara Church is a short distance from Clara Castle
Ullard Church and Cross
Ullard Church, Co Kilkenny, Ireland
The 12th century church was built on the site of a 7th century monastery
Ullard Church – Romanesque Doorway
Ullard Church – Romanesque Doorway detail
9th century High Cross
At the back of the church a handball alley was build using the church wall
Ray High Cross, Standing Stone, Bullaun Stone and Church
Ray High Cross
Ray High cross
Subcircular stone with perforation and two mill stones
Raymunterdoney (Ray) old church, Co Donegal, Ireland
Ray Standing Stone in the North East corner of the graveyard
Bullaun Stone in Ray Graveyard
Ray old church with bullaun stone forefront and standing stone background
Gleninagh Medieval Church
Gleninagh Medieval Church, the Burren, Co Clare
The enclosure contains numerous ancient graves marked with simple stones
Carron Church – the Burren
Carron/Carran Church on the Burren, Co Clare, Ireland
The ruins of the 13th century Carron Church
Carved head on the north wall of Carron Church ruin
St Tassach’s Church
St Tassach’s Church, Raholp, Co Down, Northern Ireland
The original church was founded by St. Patrick and his disciple St. Tassach was put in charge. The ruin here dates from the 10th or 11th century
Maghera Round Tower and Old Church
Maghera Round Tower, Co Down, Northern Ireland
The remains of the round tower thought to date from the 10th century
Maghera Old Church ruin thought to date to 12th century
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
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Rattoo Round Tower
Rattoo Round Tower, Co Kerry, Ireland
Rattoo Round Tower and church ruin
The round tower stands over 27 metres tall
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
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
St Nicholas Church Ruin
St Nicholas Church, Strabannon, Co Louth, 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
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
Kilcar old church
Kilcar old church and graveyard, Co Donegal, Ireland
The bullaun stone that sits in the ruin of Kilcar old church
Two of the numerous grave slabs that lie in the graveyard
The Cairn and Holy Well in a field next to Kilcar old church
The holy well flows into a bullaun stone or rock-basin
Killaghtee Cross
Slab with a carved Maltese cross inside a circle. The cross is thought to date from 650AD and mark the resting place of Aédh, an anchorite monk
Killaghtee Cross, Co Donegal, Ireland
Killaghtee old church
Old Kiltartan Church and Graveyard
Old Kiltartan Graveyard, Gort, Co Galway, Ireland
Kinlough Old Church and Graveyard
Kinlough Old Graveyard, Co Leitrim, Ireland
Kinlough Old Church ruin
Ardclinis Old Church
Ardclinis Old Church and Graveyard with Fairy Tree
Ardclinis Old Church, Co Antrim, Northern Ireland
Ardclinis Fairy Tree (Rag Tree)
Rags are tied to trees in the belief that as the cloth rots an ailment or problem will disappear or a wish will be forfilled.
Children’s toys and other personal things are also to be found on the tree.
Bodoney Church and Graveyard
3 Crosses attached to exterior wall
Bodoney (Badoney) Church and Graveyard, Co Tyrone, Northern Ireland
The Ruin of Ray Church
Ray Church, Co Donegal, Ireland
Dunlewy Old Church
Dunlewy Old Church, the Poisoned Glen, Co Donegal, Ireland
St Deirbhile’s Church and Graveyard
St Deirbhile’s Church, Belmullet, Co Mayo, Ireland
Some of the crosses in St Deirbhile’s Graveyard
Timahoe Round Tower
Timahoe Round Tower and church ruin, Co Laois, Ireland
St. Mochua, founded a monastery here in the 7th century
12th century round tower standing 30m high
Taghadoe Round Tower
Taghadoe Round Tower, Co Kildare, Ireland
Taghadoe: Teach Tua (the house of Tua). St. Tua, also called Ultan the silent founded a monastic settlement here in the the 6th Century
Old Dunfierth church and graveyard
Old Dunfierth church and graveyard, Co Kildare, Ireland
Doorway of Dunfierth church which dates to 1500
South wall window
Crucifixion carving on back of vault
Carving on side of vault
Effigy of Knight in vault
O’Connell’s Bar – Skreen
O’Connell’s Bar, Skreen, Co Meath, Ireland
The view from O’Connell’s Bar of Skreen church ruin
Skreen Church and Cross
Skreen/Skryne (from An Scrin – The Shrine) Church, Co Meath, Ireland
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)
The church is the ruin that’s visible in the east from the Hill of Tara
Medieval cross with very weathered Crucifixion carving on its west face
South door with 14th century carving of a bishop
Detail of the worn carving
St Patrick’s Church – Cairncastle
St Patrick’s Church, Cairncastle, Co Antrim, Northern Ireland
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.
Kilmallock Collegiate Church
Kilmallock Collegiate Church ruins, Co. Limerick, Ireland
Fore monastic settlement
Fore Benadictine Priory Ruin
Benadictine Priory ruin at Fore monastic settlement, Co Westmeath, Ireland
St Finchin’s Church at Fore monastic settlement
St Finchin’s Church
Anchorite Tower and Church
Anchorite Tower and Church
St Finchin’s Church – holy font
Drumcliff (Drumcliffe)
Drumcliff: Round Tower, High Cross, St Columba’s church and WB Yeats grave
Drumcliff Round Tower, Co. Sligo, Ireland (10th-century)
There is a megalithic tomb a short distance from the round tower across the Drumcliff River called Coolbeg Wedge Tomb
East face of the 9th-10th-century high cross
West face of the 9th-10th-century high cross at Drumcliff
St Columba’s, Drumcliff – burial place of WB Yeats
Doors of St Columba’s Church emblazoned with bronze swans
The grave of WB Yeats at Drumcliff
The grave of William Butler Yeats with Benbulben Mountain in the background
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, Slane, Co. Meath, Ireland
The ruins of the Franciscan Friary and College
The ruins of St Patrick’s Church
The Chilean pine tree in the graveyard
Two rough stone slabs thought to be the remains of St Erc’s tomb. Patrick appointed Erc as the first Bishop of Slane
St Columba’s Church
St Columba’s Church, (The Old Church Straid) Straid, Clonmany, Co Donegal, Ireland
Clonca High Cross
The 4 meter High Cross, Culdaff, Inishowen, Co Donegal, Ireland
The ruins are of a 17 century church with a lintel from the earlier 12 century church
Clonca (Cloncha) High Cross
