Kilbroney Cross, Co Down, Ireland
Kilbroney Graveyard contains a number of interesting gravestones
Kilbroney Cross
Dunnamaggan Cross
Dunnamaggan Cross, Co Kilkenny, Ireland
Perforated cross with top two perforations square and bottom two round
A figure has been carved into the shaft of the cross on both sides and crucifixion scene sits between the perforations
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
Robertstown Cross
Robertstown Graveyard Gate, Co Meath, Ireland
Robertstown Cross at the bottom of the lane to the graveyard
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
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
Kilnasaggart pillar stone revisited
Kilnasaggart pillar stone, Co Armagh, Northern Ireland
Click here for more information on an earlier post
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
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
Glendalough Monastic City
St Kevin’s Church and Round Tower, Glendalough, Co Wicklow, Ireland
St Kevin’s Church and Round Tower, Glendalough
St Kevin’s Church
Glendalough Round Tower, Glendalough
Glendalough Round Tower, Glendalough
Glendalough Reefert Church and crosses, Glendalough Monastic City
Glendalough Reefert Church and cross, Glendalough Monastic City
Glendalough Reefert Church
Glendalough Reefert Church
Glendalough Cathedral
Glendalough Cathedral
Glendalough Cathedral
Glendalough Crosses
Nine crosses at Glendalough Monastic City
Reefert Cross, Glendalough, Co Wicklow, Ireland
Cross at Reefert Church ruin, Glendalough
Rough Cross at Reefert Church ruin, Glendalough
Broken Cross at Reefert Church ruin, Glendalough Monastic City
High Cross (with broken shaft?), Glendalough
St Kevin’s Cross, Glendalough Monastic City
Three more broken crosses, Glendalough Monastic City
Two Crosses
Cross and shadow, old Kiltartan graveyard, Gort, Co Galway, Ireland
One Cross
Cross, old Kiltartan graveyard, Gort, Co Galway, Ireland
Mevagh Cross
Mevagh Cross, Co Donegal, Ireland
Cup-marked stone that lies beside the church ruin
Bodoney Church and Graveyard
3 Crosses attached to exterior wall
Bodoney (Badoney) Church and Graveyard, Co Tyrone, Northern Ireland
St Colmcille’s Abbey
St Colmcille’s Abbey, Gartan, Co Donegal, Ireland
The site is reputed to be the birthplace of St Colmcille
The remains of an ancient cross on a small mound
The remains of the other cross
The Holy Well at the entrance to the site
Ray High Cross
Ray High Cross, Co Donegal, Ireland
aka St Colm Cille’s Cross
St Deirbhile’s Church and Graveyard
St Deirbhile’s Church, Belmullet, Co Mayo, Ireland
Some of the crosses in St Deirbhile’s Graveyard
Cross Abbey
Crosses at Cross Abbey, Belmullet, Co Mayo, Ireland
The ruins of the old church
The graveyard with many unmarked stones
The closest pillar is a worn Ogham stone with faint traces of straight and slant scores on the natural-square edge
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.
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.
The west face with the Madonna and Child, with weathered carving of the arms of the Bathe and Dowdall families
Tullaghan High Cross
Tullaghan High Cross (east face) in the village of Tullaghan, Co Leitrim, Ireland
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
Castlewellan Cross Inscribed Stone
Castlewellan Cross Inscribed Stone, Co. Down, Northern Ireland
Legananny Standing Stone
Legananny Standing Stone, Co Down, Northern Ireland. The pillar features an inscribed cross
The other side of Legananny Cross Inscribed Standing Stone
Legananny Standing Stone to the right of the split hawthorn tree
Mass Altar at Mellon’s Glen
Mass Altar, Mellon’s Glen, Killeter, Co. Tyrone, Northern Ireland
Stone cross at the Mass Altar in Mellon’s Glen
Kilcrue Cross
Kilcrue Cross, Co Antrim, Northern Ireland
Cross incised stone / Cross-carved pillar stone aka the Priest’s stone
Broughanlea Cross
Broughanlea Cross, Co Antrim, Northern Ireland
There is a carving of a crosier and a tau cross on it
Kilnasaggart pillar stone
Kilnasaggart pillar stone (Cross inscribed stone)
The inscription ‘This place, bequeathed by Temoc, son of Ceran Bic, under the patronage of Peter, the Apostle.’
13 crosses are inscribed on the stone
Clonduff old church
Clonduff old church with the Mournes Mountains in the background
Clonduff cross, Co Down, Northern Ireland. An old cross (headstone?) in the ruins
Donagh High Cross
aka Carndonagh High Cross aka St. Patrick’s High Cross
Carndonagh, Inishowen, Co Donegal, Ireland
The back of the Donagh High Cross
The carved pillar on the left side of the cross
The back of the carved pillar on the right side of the cross
The carved pillar on the right side of the cross
The Marigold Stone, in the graveyard beside the cross
West face of the Marigold Stone
East face of the Marigold Stone
Kilmalkedar Church
12th century romanesque Kilmalkedar Church, Ogham stone and ancient cross Co Kerry, Ireland
Banagher old church
The ruin of Banagher old church, thought to date to the 11th century, Co. Derry, Northern Ireland.
The Termon Cross at Banagher old church
The Bullaun Stone at Banagher old church
The tomb of St Muriedhach O’Heney at Banagher old church
Lintelled doorway
Inner south window at Banagher old church
Decorated south window at Banagher old church