Celtic Cross in Church Ruins
A weathered Celtic cross marks one of many graves inside the stone walls of Dysert O’Dea church, built on the site of an early Christian monastery founded by Saint Tola in the 8th Century...
Churches and Abbeys
Ruins at 12th Century Killone Abbey
The bell no longer tolls over County Clare’s Killone Abbey, once home to aristocratic Augustinian nuns. Now one of Ireland’s National Monuments, the Abbey was established in 1190 and abandoned in the late 1600s.
Lake from 12th Century Killone Abbey
A weathered stone arch in the ruins of 12th Century Killone Abbey frames this Autumn view of Killone Lake in County Clare, Ireland.
‘Official Greeter’ at Ireland’s Quin Abbey National Monument
A statue of the Virgin Mary greets visitors to Quin Abbey, the 15th Century National Monument in County Clare, Ireland. The original church on the site was built in 1350 by the MacNamara clan....
Irish Graveyard and Church Ruins on the Mizen Peninsula
Ruins of churches and graveyards are part of the Irish landscape and history, as with this cemetery near Crookhaven on Ireland’s Mizen Peninsula in County Cork. Many of these old cemeteries have marked graves...
