
Aghadoe Round Tower, Killarney, Co Kerry, Ireland


Romanesque doorway at Aghadoe church

Underexposed – an Irish Photoblog

Aghadoe Round Tower, Killarney, Co Kerry, Ireland


Romanesque doorway at Aghadoe church

Kenmare Stone Circle, Kenmare, Co Kerry, Ireland

The circle is composed of 15 stones



The Boulder Burial at the center of the stone circle
Torc Waterfall, Killarney National Park, Co Kerry, Ireland

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


Rattoo Round Tower, Co Kerry, Ireland

Rattoo Round Tower and church ruin

The round tower stands over 27 metres tall

Rathduff Ogham Stone, Dingle Peninsula, Kerry, Ireland

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, Co Kerry, Ireland

15 century castle on the River Feale

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, Co Kerry, Ireland

Built in the 1490s by Conor Liath O’Connor Carrigafoyle Castle

Carrigafoyle Castle – ‘Guardian of the Shannon’

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, Dingle Peninsula, Kerry, Ireland

The stone has split with one part having fallen onto another large stone

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, Co Kerry, Ireland

Killiney Stone Cross, Dingle Peninsula, Co Kerry, Ireland

Crude High Cross just short of 3 meters high

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

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, Co Kerry, Ireland

Derrynane Abbey doorway

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, Co Kerry, Ireland

The two Cross inscribed stones in front of the shrine at Caherlehillan

Leacanabuaile Stone Fort, Co Kerry, Ireland

The rectangular and circular structure in the cashel

In the background Cahergal Stone Fort

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, Co Kerry, Ireland


Derrynane Ogham Stone, Co Kerry, Ireland

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, Co Kerry, Ireland





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


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

The ruin of Ballycarbery Castle, Co Kerry, Ireland

The castle was build in the 16th century

Ross Castle, Co. Kerry, Ireland


Uragh Stone Circle, Beara Peninsula, Co Kerry, Ireland



Clogher Head Standing Stone<
Clogher Head, Dingle Peninsula, Co Kerry, Ireland

Muckross Friary, Killarney National Park, Co Kerry, Ireland

The Franciscan friary of Irrelagh (Muckross Friary) was founded in 1448

Vaulted cloister with an arcade of arches



Ancient yew tree at Muckross Friary



Gallarus Oratory, Dingle, Co Kerry, Ireland. Various dates for construction (6th to 12th century) and use (church, pilgrim’s shelter, burial place) have been given

12th century romanesque Kilmalkedar Church, Ogham stone and ancient cross Co Kerry, Ireland