Medieval Monastic Communities of Ireland
Modern Ireland
Many of these pictures relate to my Div 3, "The Cult of Brighde in Ireland" which you can read here.
St Brigid's at Kildare
Approaching the shrine
The entire site
The Bathing pool(if anyone can tell me
what the roundy things are, please do!)
Through the arch
The 5 Station Stones
Well of the Fish
A 2nd well dedicated to "Mary of the
Gaels" or St. Brigid outside the center of town on the way to the Japanese
gardens
detail of the plaque
cathedral postcard
5th century baptismal font
map of kildare town
st brigid's oak
17th century sketch of st. brigid's
restored tower
view from the tower on a drizzly day
12th century cathedral in the foreground (you can see our B&B in the
center of the image...)
Pre-Christian fire temple
Ancient BlackFriar's or Crow Church
as I called it.
Crow Church 2 we see who really
runs the Church...
Crow Church 3 straight up the tower
St. Kevin's Glendalough
original church
new 10th century cathedral
interior of "new" cathedral with
pre-christian bullaun as part of construction
Aran Islands - Inis Mor
7th century church on the way to our
hostel
ancient church w/ holy well
close up of the well
megalithic tomb at the center of the
island
Callanish - Lewes Island, Outer Hebrides
Callanish through the thistle
side view of Calanish
looking down the long base of the
"cross"
NewGrange
approaching Newgrange
entrance to Newgrange
closeup of the curbstone
Tara
Tara
Lia Fial - Stone of Destiny
Others
The house that my great-great-grandmother
Alice O'Rourke grew up in Wexford town, Ireland
Me and my 4th cousins John & Mary the
modern day Wexford O'Rourkes
Braveheart was filmed here
Celtic Year with associated deities and
seasons, dates, and celestial events
16th century house still in use
me on the Elizabethan Star Fort just
behind my flat in Cork
Muccross Abby
