Clonmacnoise

Top Places to Visit

North Cross

Clonmacnoise, Saint Johns, Castledermot, Co. Kildare, Ireland

North Cross. Oldest of the three extant crosses. Created c.800. Only the limestone shaft and sandstone base (a former millstone) survive. The decoration is non-... more

The Historic Midlands And Clonmacnoise

The Historic Midlands And Clonmacnoise

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Kilteel is close to the N7 and the beginning of the way southwards to see the Romanesque doorway of Killeshin in Co. Laois, described as the finest of its kind ... more

Cathedral

Cathedral

Cathedral. Building started around 909 (Chronicum Scotorum) by Flann and Colmán. The west doorway has been recently (and somewhat controversially), ... more

O'rourke's Tower

Clonmacnoise, Clonmacnoise, Shannonbridge, Athlone, Co. Offaly, Irelan...

O'Rourke's Tower. Though named O'Rourkes' Tower after 10th century Connacht king Fergal O'Rourke the Chronicum Scotorum, records that it was finished in 1124 by... more

Temple Connor

Clonmacnoise, Clonmacnoise, Shannonbridge, Athlone, Co. Offaly, Irelan...

Temple Connor. Church used by the Church of Ireland since the 18th century. It underwent significant restoration works in the second decade of the twentieth ... more

The Fairy's Or Horseman's Stone

Clonmacnoise, Clonmacnoise, Shannonbridge, Athlone, Co. Offaly, Irelan...

The Fairy's or Horseman's Stone. Near the Chapel of Clonfinlough at Clonmacnoise there are several limestone boulders, one of which is called the Fairy's or ... more