Whites Castle

Whites Castle
Whites Castle, Athy, Co Kildare, Ireland

Whites Castle
Whites Castle was built in 1417 to protect the bridge over the river Barrow by Sir John Talbot, Viceroy of Ireland

Whites Castle

Castledermot Round Tower and High Crosses

Castledermot Round Tower and High Crosses, Co Kildare, Ireland
Castledermot Round Tower
Castledermot Round Tower and Romanesque arch of earlier church (reconstructed)

Castledermot Southern High Cross
South High Cross, West face

Castledermot Southern High Cross
South High Cross, East face

Castledermot Northern High Cross
North High Cross, East face

Castledermot Northern High Cross
North High Cross, West face

Holed cross stone
Holed cross stone (the swearing stone) – very weathered

Castledermot Viking Hog-back stone
Viking Hog-back stone with weathered diamond pattern on one side and crosses on the other

Castledermot Millstone
Medieval millstone in the graveyard

Taghadoe Round Tower

Taghadoe Round Tower
Taghadoe Round Tower, Co Kildare, Ireland

Taghadoe Round Tower
Taghadoe: Teach Tua (the house of Tua). St. Tua, also called Ultan the silent founded a monastic settlement here in the the 6th Century

Taghadoe Round Tower

Old Dunfierth church and graveyard

Old Dunfierth church and graveyard
Old Dunfierth church and graveyard, Co Kildare, Ireland


Doorway of Dunfierth church which dates to 1500

Old Dunfierth church and graveyard
South wall window

Crucifixion carving
Crucifixion carving on back of vault

Carving on side
Carving on side of vault

Effigy of Knight
Effigy of Knight in vault

Castledermot Friary

Castledermot Franciscan Friary
Castledermot Franciscan Friary, Co. Kildare, Ireland

Castledermot Franciscan Friary
Some parts of the friary date to around 1247. It was destroyed in 1317 by Edward the Bruce’s army but restored shortly afterwards

Bullaun stone - Castledermot Franciscan Friary
Bullaun stone in the friary

Castledermot Franciscan Friary

Castledermot Franciscan Friary

Castledermot Franciscan Friary