Category: Churches and Abbeys
Churches and Abbeys
This image represents more than 700 years of Irish history! The Celtic cross marks a grave in the cemetery at Quin Abbey, a National Monument of Ireland, which dates …
Churches and Abbeys
McCarthy’s Tower, the ruins of Temple Finghin and the mighty Shannon River beyond are framed by ruins of the Cathedral at Clonmacnoise, the 6th Century monastic site in County …
Churches and Abbeys
A 12th Century High Cross presides over more than a thousand years of history in the rolling hills and meadows of County Clare near the village of Corofin.In the …
Churches and Abbeys
The steeple of Holy Cross Church is visible for miles in the skyline of Charleville, County Cork, Ireland.The Gothic Revival Catholic church was built of local limestone over a …
Churches and Abbeys
If you were a monk in residence in the 1400s at Quin Abbey in Quin, County Clare, Ireland, you might have been sitting at your desk here, meticulously scripting …
Churches and Abbeys
This painted iron gate opens into the courtyard of St. Mary’s Church, in Quin, County Clare, Ireland, with one of Ireland’s National Monuments, the 15th Century Quin Abbey, in …