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Ireland Stones Historical
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Photo: Ardmore, Donegal County
Ardmore
Muff, Donegal
A squared pillarstone of monumental appearance, 7 feet high and 3 feet wide. its south-eastern face is decorated with a profusion of cup-marks, many with single and multiple surrounding rings, a characteristic motif of the Galician or rock art of the Bronze Age. The stone is in a field behind a farmhouse, 1 mile north-north-east of Muff, to the west of the coast road to Carrowkeel and Moville....
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Timoney Hills Standing Stones
Tipperary, South_Tipperary
A number of standing stones, spread over a number of fields, but they do not form any apparent plan....
Photo: Saint Declan's Stone - Ardmore, Waterford County
Saint Declan's Stone - Ardmore
Ardmore, Waterford
Ardmore is the oldest Christian settlement in Ireland. St. Declan lived in the period 350 -450 AD and christianised this area before the coming of St. Patrick. St. Declan's feast day is "Pattern Day" every 24th of July....
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Casltestrange Decorated Stone
Boyle, Roscommon
A small, rounded stone decorated with incised curvilinear ornament in the Celtic La Tene style. It probably dates to the last few centuries B.C. and was probably ritual in purpose. Together with the stone at Turoe, Co. Galway (q.v.), it is one of the best of the Celtic decorated stones of Europe....
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Ballycrovane
Cork, Cork
A standing stone, 17 feet high, looking almost like a modern piece of sculpture.
An ogham inscription, possibly added later, reads MAQI-DECCEDDAS AVI TURANIAS (Of the son of Deich descendant of Torainn).- To no one is really sure what the scription on the stones means or who was Deich or Torainn.

As the stone is standing on private land, visitors will be asked to pay 2euro to the land owner to see the stone....
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Reask Pillar Stone And Monastic Site
Reask, Ballyferriter, Kerry
A beautifully decorated cross-inscribed pillar standing in an old walled monastic enclosure, which also contains two smaller cross-slabs and the foundations of a number of beehive huts. Extensive excavations also revealed a 'founder's tomb' and a stone oratory preceded by a wooden structure....
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Chi-Rho Stone
Drumaquern, Ballymoney, Antrim
At Drumaquern, Kilraughts about 5 miles from Ballymoney can be seen the Chi-Rho Stone, the most ancient Christian Symbol in the Borough. The stone, which dates from about the 4th century and is unique in Ireland, has the Chi-Rho sigh on one side and a reserved Rho on the other....
Photo: Isu  Pots, Dublin County
Isu Pots
66 Terenure Road East, Dublin 6, Dublin
What's New - * Egyptian Pyramid Stones - The best known hieroglyphs tell of the Gods and History of Ancient Egypt. e.g. Ankh, Scarab, Eye of Horus etc.

* Celtic Empire Bowls Isu Pots, makers of the now famous Celtic Ogham Stones, are developing a range of low fired, smokey pottery.
The style and decoration is based on Celtic, Iron Age La Tene style decoration. We call them Celtic Empire Bowls....
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The Goles Alignment
Strabane, Tyrone
The Goles Alignment is a group of 11 standing stones that run exactly North-South....
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Clochafarmore Standing Stone
Louth, Louth
A standing stone which tradition associates with the death of CuChulainn, the legendary hero of the old Irish saga, the Tain Bo Cuailgne. When CuChulainn was dying of his wounds which he got while trying to ward off the army of Queen Maeve of Connacht single-handed, he tied himself to this stone. while he was still alive his enemies kept their distance. It was only when a raven came and rested on his shoulder that they knew he was dead. The scene is commemorated in a statue standing in the G...
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