Kenmare Stone Circle, Kenmare, Co Kerry, Ireland
Kenmare Stone Circle
Torc Waterfall
Torc Waterfall, Killarney National Park, Co Kerry, Ireland
Tobar na Molt / Wethers Well
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
Rattoo Round Tower, Co Kerry, Ireland
Rattoo Round Tower and church ruin
The round tower stands over 27 metres tall
Rathduff Ogham Stone
Rathduff Ogham Stone, Dingle Peninsula, Kerry, Ireland
Colaiste Ide Ogham Stones
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
Listowel Castle, Co Kerry, Ireland
15 century castle on the River Feale
Ardfert Ecclesiastical Site
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
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 revisited
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
Graigue Standing Stone, Dingle Peninsula, Kerry, Ireland
The stone has split with one part having fallen onto another large stone
Reask monastic site
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
Kilfountan Cross Pillar, Co Kerry, Ireland
Killiney Stone Cross
Killiney Stone Cross, Dingle Peninsula, Co Kerry, Ireland
Crude High Cross just short of 3 meters high
Staigue Stone Fort
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 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
Derrynane Abbey
Derrynane Abbey, Co Kerry, Ireland
Derrynane Abbey doorway
Glanfahan Beehive Huts
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
Caherlehillan Cross Pillars, Co Kerry, Ireland
The two Cross inscribed stones in front of the shrine at Caherlehillan
Leacanabuaile Stone Fort
Leacanabuaile Stone Fort, Co Kerry, Ireland
The rectangular and circular structure in the cashel
In the background Cahergal Stone Fort
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
Cool East Ogham Stone, Co Kerry, 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
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
Ross Castle
Ross Castle, Co. Kerry, Ireland
Uragh Stone Circle
Uragh Stone Circle, Beara Peninsula, Co Kerry, Ireland
Clogher Head Standing Stone
Clogher Head Standing Stone<
Clogher Head, Dingle Peninsula, Co Kerry, Ireland
Muckross Abbey (Friary) ruins
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
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
Kilmalkedar Church
12th century romanesque Kilmalkedar Church, Ogham stone and ancient cross Co Kerry, Ireland