monastery ireland

This monastery was founded for monks who came to the mainland here from the offshore island of Skellig Michael in the 12th or 13th century. As with their former monastery, this one was also dedicated to St. Michael.

The buildings have been partially eroded by the sea. The two remaining churches seem to date however from the 15th century and have windows and a door with dressed stones. Adjoining one of the churches is a 15th century cloister garth with a large hall on the other side...

Nendrum owes its origin to St Mochaoi who died before 500, and who is said to have been converted to Christianity by St. Patrick. It may not have developed into a monastery until the 7th century, when its island location made it easily accessible by sea, though this later proved a disadvantage when it probably fell a prey to the Vikings.
The location of the ancient monastery was rediscovered by Bishop Reeves in 1844, and Lawlor's extensive, if inadequately recorded, archaeological ex...

Nothing is known of the history of this monastery beyond the fact that it was dedicated to St. Brendan the Navigator, who lived in the mid 6th century. The remains consist of three churches, three beehive huts, part of the old monastic wall and some inscribed crosses. Of the three churches, St. Brendan's Oratory is rectangular and has a sloping roof, a flat-headed doorway and a square-headed east window. The Saint's Church nearby uses mortar to bind the stones together, and it is probably lat...

This early monastery is dramatically situated on the slopes of a barren and rocky island which stands sentinel against the Atlantic waves on the south-western coast of Ireland. Tradition attributes the foundation of the monastery to St. Finan. The deaths of some of its monks are recorded in 823, 950 and 1044, but the monastery continued till the 12th or 13th century when its monks transferred to the mainland at Ballinskelligs. The monastic remains are sited on a saddle in the rock about 550 f...

Here St. Clomans Mac Lenene founded a monastery of which the round tower and fire house remain.
A building believed to be St. Colmans oratory is nearby....

An island monastery, the ruins of which include a 12th century church with an intact Romanesque doorway and six unusual stone statues of 9th/10th century....

Roundstone Bog and Wilderness Walk:

Connemara's finest hill and bog walk through Errisbeg and Roundstone Bog. A world heritage site with its hundreds of lakes and islands, Dogs Bay the regions finest beach, Inis Ni and the Aran Islands. See the landing site of the first ever non-stop transatlantic flight and Marconi station, where the first ever flight transatlantic radio messages were transmitted to Nova Scotia, Canada 1907.

12 Bens Mountain Walk:

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Kilcoona derives its name from St Cuana who founded a monastery here in the 7th century. Cuana is noted as one of the ancient Irish writers and the - Annals of Cuana - are attributed to him. These writings bring the chronology of our country down the year 628 A.D. Nothing remains of the original monastic buildings of church but the existing ruins, which have recently been conserved date from the 12th century....

The monastery was founded by St. Molaise or Laisren in the early 6th century, and was plundered by the Vikings in 802. The old monastery is surrounded by a stone wall up to 13 feet high which has five entrances leading into the central area measuring 175 by 135 feet. It is not certain whether this wall existed before the monastery was founded or not. The central area is divided into 4 enclosures, the largest of which contains Teampull na bFhear (The Men's Church), a church with antae and with...

Ireland's premier monastic site is set in tranquil and inspiring surroundings on the banks of the River Shannon. The site includes the ruins of a cathedral, two round towers, eight churches, three high crosses as well as a large collection of early Christian grave slabs
Features include a visitor centre and museum display, a multi-lingual audio-visual presentation, a coffee shop and a tourist information office....