Crosses at Cross Abbey, Belmullet, Co Mayo, Ireland
The ruins of the old church
The graveyard with many unmarked stones
The closest pillar is a worn Ogham stone with faint traces of straight and slant scores on the natural-square edge
Timahoe Round Tower
Timahoe Round Tower and church ruin, Co Laois, Ireland
St. Mochua, founded a monastery here in the 7th century
12th century round tower standing 30m high
Taghadoe Round Tower
Taghadoe Round Tower, Co Kildare, Ireland
Taghadoe: Teach Tua (the house of Tua). St. Tua, also called Ultan the silent founded a monastic settlement here in the the 6th Century
Old Dunfierth church and graveyard
Old Dunfierth church and graveyard, Co Kildare, Ireland
Doorway of Dunfierth church which dates to 1500
South wall window
Crucifixion carving on back of vault
Carving on side of vault
Effigy of Knight in vault
Duleek Abbey and High Crosses
St Mary’s Abbey, Duleek, Co Meath, Ireland
Parts of the ruin date from the 13th century
Bishop of Meath 1679-1688 effigy slab
17th century decorated tomb
15th century bell-tower
The tower shows an imprint of a round tower
The head and base of a 10th century High Cross (The south cross)
The north High Cross
Tullaghan High Cross
Tullaghan High Cross (east face) in the village of Tullaghan, Co Leitrim, Ireland
The west face of the 9th-10th century medieval stone cross which was discovered on the shore of Donegal Bay in 1778 – it is thought to be part of a long lost monastery
Skreen Church and Cross
Skreen/Skryne (from An Scrin – The Shrine) Church, Co Meath, Ireland
This is the ruin of the 15th century church built on the site of an earlier monastery.
In 875 the relics of St Colmcille were brought here for safe keeping but the shrine was robbed in 1027 (later recovered)
The church is the ruin that’s visible in the east from the Hill of Tara
Medieval cross with very weathered Crucifixion carving on its west face
South door with 14th century carving of a bishop
Detail of the worn carving
St Patrick’s Church – Cairncastle
St Patrick’s Church, Cairncastle, Co Antrim, Northern Ireland
This Spanish Chestnut Tree, in the graveyard, is said to have sprouted from a chestnut that was in the pocket of a sailor who was washed overboard from the Spanish Armada and buried here.
Kilroot Bullaun Stone
Kilroot Bullaun Stone, Fort Rd, Kilroot, Co Antrim, Northern Ireland
Sligo Abbey
Sligo Abbey (Dominican Friary), Sligo, Co. Sligo, Ireland
The Friary dates from around 1252
Castledermot Friary
Castledermot Franciscan Friary, Co. Kildare, Ireland
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 in the friary
Clonmacnoise Monastic Settlement
South Cross, Temple Dowling and Temple Hurpan, Clonmacnoise monastic settlement, Co Offaly, Ireland
Cross of the Scriptures (replica) and Cathedral, c.900, Clonmacnoise monastic settlement
Round Tower, Clonmacnoise monastic settlement
The North Cross (replica), Temple Connor, Romanesque church and round tower, Clonmacnoise monastic settlement
South Cross and Temple Dowling, Clonmacnoise monastic settlement
12th century Romanesque church and round tower, Clonmacnoise monastic settlement
Saints Dominic, Patrick and Francis above the north door of the cathedral
Kilmallock Collegiate Church
Kilmallock Collegiate Church ruins, Co. Limerick, Ireland
Roundstone Franciscan Monastery
Roundstone Franciscan Monastery, Co. Galway, Ireland. The monastry was established in 1835
The tower, entrance gate and wall are all that remains of the monastery
Knockdrum Stone Fort
Knockdrum Stone Fort, Co Cork, Ireland
The Pillar Stone at Knockdrum Stone Fort, Co Cork, Ireland
Fore monastic settlement
Fore Benadictine Priory Ruin
Benadictine Priory ruin at Fore monastic settlement, Co Westmeath, Ireland
St Finchin’s Church at Fore monastic settlement
St Finchin’s Church
Anchorite Tower and Church
Anchorite Tower and Church
St Finchin’s Church – holy font
Turlough Round Tower
Turlough Round Tower, Co. Mayo, Ireland
Legananny Standing Stone
Legananny Standing Stone, Co Down, Northern Ireland. The pillar features an inscribed cross
The other side of Legananny Cross Inscribed Standing Stone
Legananny Standing Stone to the right of the split hawthorn tree
Dromiskin Round Tower and High Cross
Dromiskin Round Tower, High Cross and church ruin, Co. Louth, Ireland
Dromiskin Round Tower
Dromiskin Round Tower and 10C High Cross
Dromiskin graveyard headstone – carved crucifixion figure
Drumena Cashel
Drumena Stone Fort or Dun, Co Down, Northern Ireland
One of two entrances of the T-shaped souterrain inside Drumena cashel
Creevelea Abbey
Creevelea Abbey, Co. Leitrim, Ireland
Detail: small shrine at Creevelea Abbey with some offerings
Detail: small carved wooden cross at Creevelea Abbey
Mass Altar at Mellon’s Glen
Mass Altar, Mellon’s Glen, Killeter, Co. Tyrone, Northern Ireland
Stone cross at the Mass Altar in Mellon’s Glen
Magherakeel Graveyard
The steps at Magherakeel graveyard near the ruins of St. Caireall’s Church
Celtic Cross Headstones at Magherakeel Graveyard
Magherakeel graveyard, Killeter, Co. Tyrone, Northern Ireland
Drumcliff (Drumcliffe)
Drumcliff: Round Tower, High Cross, St Columba’s church and WB Yeats grave
Drumcliff Round Tower, Co. Sligo, Ireland (10th-century)
There is a megalithic tomb a short distance from the round tower across the Drumcliff River called Coolbeg Wedge Tomb
East face of the 9th-10th-century high cross
West face of the 9th-10th-century high cross at Drumcliff
St Columba’s, Drumcliff – burial place of WB Yeats
Doors of St Columba’s Church emblazoned with bronze swans
The grave of WB Yeats at Drumcliff
The grave of William Butler Yeats with Benbulben Mountain in the background
Bronze and stone sculpture featuring the words of WB Yeats by sculptor Jackie McKenna.
Had I the heavens’ embroidered cloths,
Enwrought with golden and silver light,
The blue and the dim and the dark cloths
Of night and light and the half-light,
I would spread the cloths under your feet:
But I, being poor, have only my dreams;
I have spread my dreams under your feet;
Tread softly because you tread on my dreams.
W B Yeats
Near the graveyard at St Columba’s, Drumcliff, Sligo, Ireland, the burial place of Yeats.
Hill of Slane
Hill of Slane, Slane, Co. Meath, Ireland
The ruins of the Franciscan Friary and College
The ruins of St Patrick’s Church
The Chilean pine tree in the graveyard
Two rough stone slabs thought to be the remains of St Erc’s tomb. Patrick appointed Erc as the first Bishop of Slane
Meelick Round Tower
Meelick Round Tower, Co Mayo, Ireland
Monasterboice Monastic Settlement
The Round Tower at Monasterboice, Co Louth, Ireland
The Tall Cross or West Cross – The east face
The Tall Cross or West Cross – The west face
Muiredach’s High Cross – The east face and round tower
Muiredach’s High Cross – The east face
The North Cross – The east face with round tower
The North Cross – The east face and sundial
The North Cross – The west face
White Island Figures
A late Romanesque door framing some of the six stone figures in the church ruin. White Island, Co Fermanagh, Northern Ireland
Boa Island Pagan Statues
Two pagan statues in Caldragh graveyard on Boa Island on the north shore of Lower Lough Erne in Co Fermanagh, Northern Ireland
The 2 headed pagan statue in Caldragh graveyard
Devenish Island
Devenish Island monastic site, Co Fermanagh, Northern Ireland
Devenish Round Tower stands 100ft tall
Carved 15th century cross
St Columba’s Church
St Columba’s Church, (The Old Church Straid) Straid, Clonmany, Co Donegal, Ireland
Clonca High Cross
The 4 meter High Cross, Culdaff, Inishowen, Co Donegal, Ireland
The ruins are of a 17 century church with a lintel from the earlier 12 century church
Clonca (Cloncha) High Cross
Turas of St Colmcille
Glencolmcille, Co Donegal, Ireland – Turas station 2
East face of the Cross pillar at Glencolmcille – Turas station 2
West face of the Cross pillar at Glencolmcille, Co Donegal, Ireland – Turas station 2
Colmcille Turas Station 9
Cloch an Aonaigh or the Stone of the Gathering is a holed cross-pillar on a cairn in Glencolmcille – Turas Station 9
Colmcille Cross Pillar – Turas Station 13
Colmcille Cross Pillar – the decorated east side
Carrowmore High Crosses
One of two Carrowmore High Crosses, Culdaff, Inishowen, Co Donegal, Ireland
The other Carrowmore High Cross which is just across the road
Layd Cross
Layd/Layde Holed-stone Cross, Cushendall, Co Antrim, Northern Ireland
Kilcrue Cross
Kilcrue Cross, Co Antrim, Northern Ireland
Cross incised stone / Cross-carved pillar stone aka the Priest’s stone
Irish Jack O’ Lantern
I made this for Hallowe’en or Samhain using the traditional Turnip
The unlit Jack O’
Not quite traditional but effective… I used rice for the teeth
Drumaqueran Chi-Rho Stone
Carved with the symbols ‘Chi’ and ‘Rho’, the first two letters of the name ‘Christ’ in Greek
Drumaqueran Chi-Rho Stone, Co Antrim, Northern Ireland
Cranfield Old Church
Ruins of Cranfield Church, Co Antrim, Northern Ireland. 13th century church at Lough Neagh. St Olcan is said to be buried here
Cranfield Church with old wooden cross
Holy Well at Cranfield Church, Co Antrim, Northern Ireland
Old wooden cross Cranfield Church
Bonamargy friary
Bonamargy friary – contre-jour, Ballycastle, Co Antrim, Northern Ireland. Built by Rory MacQuillan in 1500
The ruin of Bonamargy friary with the holed cross
Bonamargy holed cross, said to mark the grave of Julia McQuillan, the black nun who lived there in the 17th century
The ruin of Bonamargy friary and the graveyard
