churches historical ireland

Inside there are two wooden crosses, one a copy of a medieval termon cross which stood some distance north of the church. Close by is a holy well, still frequented by pious pilgrims who attach rags to the surrounding trees....

West from Christ Church runs the ancient High Street of Dublin. Here was situated the High Cross of the old Norman city from which government decrees, papal bulls and decrees of excommunication were read....

An early stone church with flat-headed doorway, and a chancel which was added later. It is surrounded by the remains of a stone wall....

Better known as Kilnamanagh (the church of the monks) it was founded in the 13th century by the Premonstratensians of White Canons.

It was one of only 11 houses in Ireland. The buildings have recently been conserved and the headstones of one of the founders was discovered on the site....

Occupying the site of an earlier built by St Mogue in the 7th century, the earliest surviving feature is a 13th century east window. Just inside the gate is a graveslab with a carved cross, which dates from the 9th century....

A short distance to the south-west of kilmurvey village are an early cross pillar, Tobar Mac Duach (Holy Well) with a fragment of an enclosing cashel and a Transitional Period church. Both Church and well are dedicated to Sain Collman Mac Duach....

The monastery at this site is believed to have been founded by the great reformer Oenghus the Culdee (815AD). The present church on the sight dates back to the 15th or 16th century, and incorporates part of an older church, with later renovations occurring throughout history. Excavations of the near-by 65-foot Round Tower found human bones and a solid clay floor....

St Macartin's Church of Ireland Cathedral and graveyard. Set against the tower of an earlier church built in the 1620s the present building, opened in 1842, is characteristic of early Victorian architecture. In 1923 it was promoted to cathedral status of the diocese of Clogher....

A focal point of the northern midlands where the provinces of Leinster, Ulster and Connaught all converge, Longford, where history and literature, tragedy and triumph are all woven together, takes its name from the ancient stronghold of the O'Farrell family (Long Fort - Fort of the O'Farrells). Bordered to the West by the majestic River Shannon, Longford is a county of rolling plains and picturesque stretches of water. The highest pint of the county, Cairn Hill, is only 279 m high, but from a...

Pilgrim's Church; at the south-east corner of Gorumna Island is the church referred to as the - Pilgrim's Church - ....