Category: Churches and Abbeys
Churches and Abbeys
This magical setting is the Church of St. Brendan the Navigator in the idyllic Irish hamlet of Crookhaven at the tip of County Cork’s Mizen Peninsula.The Church of Ireland …
Churches and Abbeys
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 …
Churches and Abbeys
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 …
Churches and Abbeys
A weathered stone arch in the ruins of 12th Century Killone Abbey frames this Autumn view of Killone Lake in County Clare, Ireland.
Churches and Abbeys
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 …
Churches and Abbeys
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 …