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
Cool East Ogham Stone
Cool East Ogham Stone, Co Kerry, Ireland
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
Derrynane Ogham Stone
Derrynane Ogham Stone, Co Kerry, 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
Cool East Wedge Tomb
Cool East Wedge Tomb, Co Kerry, Ireland
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
Eightercua Stone Row
Eightercua Stone Row, Co Kerry, Ireland
The alignment is on a low ridge visible from the road. By chance I met the friendly landowner who gave me access to the stones
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
Ballycarbery Castle
The ruin of Ballycarbery Castle, Co Kerry, Ireland
The castle was build in the 16th century
Castletown Cross Slab
Castletown Cross Slab, Co Meath, Ireland
Castletown Old Church
Malin More Portal Tombs
Malin More Portal Tombs, Co Donegal, Ireland
The large portal tomb viewed from the north
Fourknocks Passage Tomb
Fourknocks Passage Tomb, Co Meath, Ireland
The decorated lintel stone on the right as you enter the chamber
The decorated lintel over the right chamber
The decorated lintel over the central chamber
The entrance to Fourknocks Passage Tomb
The central chamber
The right chamber
One of the decorated stones
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)
Loughcrew Megalithic Complex – Carnbane West
Cairn L, Loughcrew Megalithic Complex – Carnbane West, Co Meath, Ireland
The kerb of Cairn L with Cairn H in the middle ground and cairns F and G on the horizon
Cairn H
The entrance to Cairn H
Cairn H
Cairn L from the south west
Cairn D
Cairn F with Cairn D in the background
Cairn I With Cairn T on the horizon
Cairn I
Loughcrew Megalithic Complex – Carnbane East
Loughcrew Megalithic Complex – Carnbane East, Co Meath, Ireland
The Hag’s Chair at Cairn T
The Hag’s Chair on Sliabh na Cailleach, the Mountains of the Hag (Witch)
Detail of Cross inscribed into the Hag’s Chair
Cairn V, Carnbane East
Cairn T viewed from Cairn V, Loughcrew Megalithic Complex, Carnbane East
Another view from Cairn V of Cairn T, Loughcrew Megalithic Complex
Cairn S
The Equinox Stone in the chamber of Cairn T which is illuminated by the sun at sunrise on the Spring and Autumnal Equinoxes
Cairn T passage to chamber
Loughcrew decorated stone – rock art
The “energy” seeming to emanate from this stone is coincidental internal camera flare
Cairn T with Cairn S in the foreground
Dun a Ri Forest Park
Dun a Ri Forest Park, Kingscourt, Co Cavan, Ireland
Farranmacbride Court Tomb 2
The entrance to the west chamber
Detail of the west chamber
The east part of the site
The subsidiary chamber
The east gallery with the subsidiary chamber to the left
Farranmacbride Court Tomb, Glencolmcille, Co Donegal, Ireland
Kilclooney More Dolmen
Not the famous one that’s a bit further north up the R261 but a small portal tomb surrounded by reeds
“Other” Kilclooney More Dolmen (Portal Tomb), Co Donegal, Ireland
Creevykeel Court Tomb revisited
Creevykeel Court Tomb, Co. Sligo, Ireland. Entrance to Creevykeel Court Tomb
The court with the remains of a kiln from early christian times
The view from inside the gallery
Mullaghmore
The road to Classiebawn Castle, Mullaghmore, Co. Sligo, Ireland
Mullaghmore seascape
Doon Standing Stone
Doon Standing Stone, Co Sligo, Ireland
The same stone… in the next field there is another Standing Stone but local flooding prevented approach
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
Coolbeg Wedge Tomb
Coolbeg Wedge Tomb, Drumcliff, Co Sligo, Ireland
Coolbeg Wedge Tomb lies beside the Drumcliff River a short distance from Drumcliff Round Tower, High Cross and the grave of WB Yeats.
The Giant’s Griddle – Tawnatruffaun Portal Tomb
The Giant’s Griddle – Tawnatruffaun Dolmen, Co Sligo, Ireland
Gleniff Horseshoe
Gleniff Horseshoe, a scenic six-mile loop near Cliffoney, Co Sligo, Ireland
A view of the Cliffs on the drive
Gleniff horseshoe cottage ruin
Small waterfall at the old mill ruins
Wood sculpture at the old mill ruins
More oddities
Glencar Waterfall
Glencar Waterfall, Co Leitrim, Ireland
Moneygashel Portal Tomb
Moneygashel Portal Tomb, Co Cavan, Ireland
Moneygashel Dolmen is located a short distance from Moneygashel Cashel
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
Bert’s Boat
Bert’s Boat in snow, Dunfanaghy, Co Donegal, Ireland
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
Donegal Abbey
The ruins of Donegal Franciscan Abbey on the River Eske, Co Donegal, Ireland
Casheltown Wedge Tomb
The three Wedge Tombs at the overgrown Chasheltown site. The 2 stones in the foreground are part of a kerb that encircles the tombs
The largest of the Casheltown Wedge Tombs with the smallest just to the right
The overgrown site in colour
The smallest of the tombs
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
Glenevin Waterfall
Glenevin Waterfall, Clonmany, Inishowen, Donegal, Ireland
Caves of Kesh
Caves of Kesh, Keshcorran, Sligo, Ireland
In Irish mythology the caves of Kesh were believed to be an entrance to the the Otherworld. One story tells how, when on a hunt, Fionn mac Cumhaill, head of the Fianna, was put under enchantment by three witches along with a troop of his men. The witches were the daughters of Conaran of the supernatural race Tuatha de Danaan who ruled in the underworld of Keshcorran. As the witches prepared to kill their captives the last of the hunting party Goll mac Morna encounters them and in a hard fought engagement slices in half two witches then beheads them and gets the better of the third putting her into bondage. In exchange for her life she agrees to dissolve the enchantment on Fionn and his Fianna. Diarmuid and Gráinne are also said to have sought refuge in the caves as the lovers evade Fionn mac Cumhaill who Gráinne had been betrothed to. Another story tells how the high king of Ireland Cormac mac Airt was born at the foot of Keshcorran and reared by a she-wolf with her cubs in the caves.
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