Rattoo Round Tower, Co Kerry, Ireland
Rattoo Round Tower and church ruin
The round tower stands over 27 metres tall
Rattoo Round Tower
Rathduff Ogham Stone
Rathduff Ogham Stone, Dingle Peninsula, Kerry, Ireland
Cabragh Wedge Tomb
Cabragh Wedge Tomb, Co Sligo, Ireland
Askeaton Franciscan Friary
Askeaton Franciscan Friary, Co Limerick, Ireland
Askeaton Franciscan Friary
Fifteenth-century cloister arcade
Fifteenth-century cloister arcade
Carrigogunnell Castle
The ruins of Carrigogunnell Castle, Co Limerick, Ireland
Galloon Graveyard Gravestones
Galloon Graveyard, Co Fermanagh, Northern Ireland
Many of the gravestones are carved with reminders of our mortality – skull & crossbones, coffin, hourglass and bell
Galloon Graveyard carved gravestone
Ballinphunta Wedge Tomb
Ballinphunta Wedge Tomb, Co Clare, Ireland
The tomb is located in Craughaun cemetery
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
Dungiven Standing Stone
Dungiven Standing Stone, Co Derry, Northern Ireland
The 2 meter stone is on a mound in a field behind the graveyard of St Patrick’s church, Dungiven
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
Corcomroe Abbey
Corcomroe Abbey, Co Clare, Ireland
Founded for Cistercian monks around 1195
Askeaton Franciscan Friary
Askeaton Franciscan Friary,Co Limerick, Ireland
Friary founded in 1389 by Gerald Fitzmaurice Fitzgerald, 3th earl of Desmond or 1420 by James Fitzgerald Fitzgerald, 7th earl of Desmond
15 century cloister arcade
Askeaton Franciscan Friary’s impressive ruins
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
Clogher Dun
Clogher Dun/Cashel/Stone Fort, Co Sligo Ireland
Interior of Clogher Stone Fort with entrance top left
The entrance to a souterrain in Clogher Dun
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
Ballykeel Dolmen painting
Ballykeel Dolmen oil painting, 2019
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
Robertstown Cross
Robertstown Graveyard Gate, Co Meath, Ireland
Robertstown Cross at the bottom of the lane to the graveyard
Carrowntemple Grave Slabs
Slab No.10, Carrowntemple Grave Slabs, Co Sligo, Ireland
West face of slab No.10, Carrowntemple
Carrowntemple slab No.3, elaborate triskele within a rough circle
Carrowntemple slab No.4, double-band ellipses and circles
Carrowntemple slab No. 8, maze pattern
Carrowntemple slab No. 1, single-line cross with rounded expanded terminals
Carrowntemple slab No. 12, single liner cross. All the slabs are replicas (by Cillian Rogers) with the originals in safe keeping
Inishkeel Cross Pillars
Inishkeel Cross Pillar, the east face decorated with a Celtic knot pattern
Inishkeel Cross Pillar, the east face decorated with a Celtic knot patterned cross
Inishkeel Cross Pillars, Inishkeel Island, Donegal, Ireland, the west face decorated with a worn Celtic knot pattern cross
Inishkeel Churches
St Connell’s Church and St Mary’s’ Church, Inishkeel Island, Donegal, Ireland
St Connell’s Church window detail
St Connell’s Church interior
St Mary’s’ Church ruin
St Mary’s’ Church doorway
Interior doorway of St Mary’s’ Church, Inishkeel Island
Leacanabuaile Stone Fort
Leacanabuaile Stone Fort, Co Kerry, Ireland
The rectangular and circular structure in the cashel
In the background Cahergal Stone Fort
Corrower Ogham Stone
Corrower Ogham Stone, Co Mayo, Ireland
This is a tall standing stone but…
the ogham inscription is quite worn
I’ve two interprations of the inscription “MAQ CERAN AVI ATHECETAIMIN” from http://www.megalithicireland.com/ and “Mac Uí Riaghan” from http://www.attymass.ie/ogham_stone.htm. Both sites have more info.
A very friendly farmer gave me access to the stone
Glenknock Portal Tomb
Glenknock Portal Tomb, Co Tyrone, Northern Ireland
St Ciaran’s Well
St Ciaran’s Well, Castlekeeran, Co Meath, Ireland – the bridge to the well
St Ciaran’s Well – rag tree at the well
Water flows through the natural rock formations
St Ciaran’s Shrine
St Nicholas Church Ruin
St Nicholas Church, Strabannon, Co Louth, Ireland
Robertstown Bawn
Robertstown Fortified House, Co Meath, Ireland
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
Roodstown Castle
Roodstown Castle, Co Louth, Ireland
Roodstown Castle – 15th century tower house
Kilmainhamwood Holed Stone
Kilmainhamwood Holed Stone, Co Meath, Ireland
The holed stone has a worn carved cross on this side not visible due to the back lighting. The carved cross may have been added at a later date to Christianise the megalith and site.
Font located by the graveyard gate
One of the grave slabs depicting a man and a women