Kilmacduagh Monastery, Gort, Co Clare, Ireland
Kilmacduagh Round Tower at 34 meters – the tallest in Ireland
Cahermore Stone Fort
Cahermore Stone Fort aka Ballyallaban ringfort, The Burren, Co Clare, Ireland
Fortified farmstead with walls up to 9 feet thick and high, built in the medieval period.
Cahermore Stone Fort is located in the karst rugged limestone landscape of the Burren like Caherconnell Stone Fort.
Finn McCool’s Fingers, Shantemon Stone Row / Alignment
Finn McCool’s Fingers, Shantemon Hill Stone Row / Alignment, Co Cavan, Ireland
Dunguaire Castle
Dunguaire Castle, Kinvarra, Co Galway, Ireland
Three Crosses
Three Crosses, old graveyard, Bishop’s Quarter, the Burren, Co Clare, Ireland
Two Crosses
Cross and shadow, old Kiltartan graveyard, Gort, Co Galway, Ireland
One Cross
Cross, old Kiltartan graveyard, Gort, Co Galway, Ireland
Ballindoon Abbey (Priory)
Ballindoon Abbey – the ruin of a Dominican Priory, aka St Mary’s Priory
Ballindoon Abbey overlooking Lough Arrow, Co Sligo, Ireland
Cavan Burren – Tullygobban Wedge Tomb
Cavan Burren – Tullygobban Wedge Tomb, Co Cavan, Ireland
Cavan Burren – The Calf House
Cavan Burren Portal Tomb aka The Calf House, Co Cavan, Ireland
Cavan Burren – Portal Tomb
Cavan Burren Portal Tomb, Co Cavan, Ireland
Glenade Lake and the legend of the Dobhar-chú
Glenade Lake is where one of Ireland’s lake monsters the Dobhar-chú (Water hound) is said to have killed Grace Connolly in 1722. Her husband found her bloody body with the Dobhar-chú and killed the beast. The legend has the creature emitting a high picked shriek that summoned its mate as it died and the mate attacked the husband who fled on horseback. The Dobhar-chú gave chase and eventually the man was forced to confront the creature. There was a fierce fight ending with the slaying of the beast.
Glenade Lake where the Dobhar-chú (Dobharchú) is said to live in the deep waters
The graves of Grace and her husband can be found close to Glenade Lake in Conwal graveyard, Co Leitrim.
On Grace Connolly’s worn grave slab is a carving of a hound like creature with its head twisted back and a hand thrusting a dagger into the neck of the Dobhar-chú.
Grace Connolly’s grave slab
Her husband’s grave slab has a carving of him with dagger in hand on a horse.
The grave of Grace Connolly’s husband
Conwal graveyard
Carrowkeel Cairns
Carrowkeel megalithic complex on the summits of the Bricklieve Mountains comprised of fourteen passage tombs from 3400 to 3100 BC
Carrowkeel Cairn G aligns with sunset on the summer solstice
Lightbox above the entrance of Carrowkeel Cairn G which aligns with sunset on the summer solstice.
Carrowkeel Cairn G inside the chamber
Carrowkeel Cairn H also aligns with sunset on the summer solstice
Carrowkeel Cairn H
Carrowkeel Cairn H the entrance
Carrowkeel Cairn K
Carrowkeel Cairn K the entrance
St Patrick’s Well and Shaver’s Well
St Patrick’s Well (Tobar Phadraig) and Shaver’s Well (Tobar An Bherrtha)
The sign for St Patrick’s Well and Shaver’s Well, Bunduff, Co Leitrim, Ireland
St Patrick’s Holy Well
Shaver’s Holy Well is a short distance away by the sea
Magheraghanrush Court Tomb
Magheraghanrush Court Tomb aka Deerpark Court Tomb, Co Sligo, Ireland
The single gallery looking at the west end of the site
One of the double Galleries at the east end
Tobernalt Holy Well
Tobernalt Holy Well, Co Sligo, Ireland
Ballindoon Megalithic Tomb
Ballindoon Megalithic Tomb, Co Sligo, Ireland
Mevagh Cross
Mevagh Cross, Co Donegal, Ireland
Cup-marked stone that lies beside the church ruin
Kinlough Old Church and Graveyard
Kinlough Old Graveyard, Co Leitrim, Ireland
Kinlough Old Church ruin
Prince Connell’s Grave
Corracloona Court Tomb aka Prince Connell’s Grave, Co Leitrim, Ireland
The court of Prince Connell’s Grave
The tomb as viewed from the North
“Kennel-hole” entrance stone
The sign for Prince Connell’s Grave
Rosapenna Standing Stone
Rosapenna Standing Stone, Co Donegal, Ireland
Fishing Boats at Gortahork
Fishing Boats, Gortahork, Co Donegal, 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
The flagstone of loneliness
Leac na Cumha – The flagstone of loneliness, Co Donegal, Ireland. St Colmcille is said to have slept on this ancient cup-marked stone before his exile to Iona.
Ancient megalithic site…
rebranded as St. Colmcille’s Birthplace by a large cross and stone plaque
Old Conwal Graveyard
Old Conwal Graveyard, Co Donegal, Ireland
Decorated pillar
Crude figure on stone
Celtic cross and knot work on grave slab
Cross on large grave slab
Barnes Lower Stone Row
Barnes Lower Stone Row (Alignment), Co Donegal, Ireland
The two larger stones as storm approaches
Doe Castle
Doe Castle, Donegal, Ireland
Pluck Standing Stone
Pluck Standing Stone, Co Donegal, Ireland
Ray High Cross
Ray High Cross, Co Donegal, Ireland
aka St Colm Cille’s Cross
The Ruin of Ray Church
Ray Church, Co Donegal, Ireland
Castleroche
Castleroche (Roche Castle), Co Louth, Ireland
Dunlewy Old Church
Dunlewy Old Church, the Poisoned Glen, Co Donegal, Ireland
Mount Errigal
Mount Errigal, Co Donegal, Ireland
Ards Beg Portal Tomb
Ards Beg (Ardsbeg) Portal Tomb, Co Donegal, Ireland
St John’s Tower
St John’s Tower, Castledermot, Co Kildare, Ireland. The bell tower of a medieval leper hospital founded in 1210
Trim Castle
Trim Castle, Co Meath, Ireland
The Yellow Steeple – St. Mary’s Abbey
The Yellow Steeple, – St. Mary’s Abbey, Trim, Co Meath, Ireland
Door detail of St. Mary’s Abbey
Portstewart strand
Portstewart strand, Co Antrim, Northern Ireland
St Deirbhile’s Church and Graveyard
St Deirbhile’s Church, Belmullet, Co Mayo, Ireland
Some of the crosses in St Deirbhile’s Graveyard
St Deirbhile’s Holy Well
St Deirbhile’s Holy Well, Belmullet, Co Mayo, Ireland
An annual pilgrimage takes place around 15th August
The story of St. Dairbhile goes something like this… born of a noble family of Meath she travelled to the Mullet peninsula to escape a noble suitor. However, she was followed, and gouged out her own eyes to make herself less attractive. When her horrified Prince left, she washed her eyes in the waters of a well that sprung from where they had fallen and her sight was restored.
