abbeys around ballinasloe portumna

13km from Clontuskert, on the road north to Ballinasloe, is Clontuskert - Abbey - . A monastery was founded here in 805.
Not much of the building remains, but the church has some interesting fragments of a 14th/15th century road screen of Sligo - Abbey - type: a 15th century north transept: a perpendicular west door of 1471 with figures of St Michael, John the Baptist, Catherine of Alexandria, and Augustine, and a holy water stone.

In 1637 the priory was re-edified on a reduced scale...

Hill-walking has become a popular sport in Ireland, with thousands of people walking with dozens of clubs or in smaller groups. While vigorous, other aspects of mountaineering in Ireland such as rock-climbing and hill-running trail behind in numbers participating.
So why have so many people been inspired to take up hill-walking in Ireland? Well the fundamentals are the hills, the weather and access. The hills would be considered tiny in the context of many European areas let alone furthe...