Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
They were centres of religion, art (insular art), and learning. The sites are Clonmacnoise, Durrow, Glendalough, Inis Cealtra, Kells (pictured), and Monasterboice. [13] The Royal Sites of Ireland: Cashel, Dún Ailinne, Hill of Uisneach, Rathcroghan Complex, and Tara Complex. several sites.
Saint Patrick's Basilica. Map of Station Island and its penitential stations by Thomas Carve in 1666. "Caverna Purgatory" on the map is the site of the actual cave. St Patrick's Purgatory is an ancient pilgrimage site on Station Island in Lough Derg, County Donegal, Ireland. According to legend, the site dates from the fifth century, when ...
Altamount Gardens – Tullow, County Carlow – Old world garden, Robinsonian in style. Ardfert Cathedral – Ardfert, County Kerry – 12th to 17th century Cathedral. Athenry Castle – Athenry, County Galway – 13th century, 3-storey tower house. Aughnanure Castle – Oughterard, County Galway – 16th-century tower house.
The Wild Atlantic Way (Irish: Slí an Atlantaigh Fhiáin) is a tourism trail on the west coast, and on parts of the north and south coasts, of Ireland. The 2,500 km [1] (1,553 mile) driving route passes through nine counties and three provinces, stretching from County Donegal 's Inishowen Peninsula in Ulster to Kinsale, County Cork, in Munster ...
Slieve Gullion [1] Carlow. Altamont House and Gardens. Clare. Bunratty Castle [2] The Burren, a karst landscape which is home to prehistoric monuments such as Poulnabrone dolmen [4] Cliffs of Moher [2] Cork. Cork City, third largest city in all of Ireland and second city of the Republic of Ireland.
Navan Fort seen from the outer bank, the 40-metre mound in the background. Navan Fort, sometimes called Navan Rath, is a State Care Historic Monument in the townland of Navan. It is on a low hill about 1.6 miles (2.6 km) west of Armagh (at grid ref. area H847 452). [5] The site consists of a circular enclosure 250 metres (820 feet) in diameter ...
List of World Heritage Sites in Ireland. The following lists detail World Heritage Sites in Ireland: List of World Heritage Sites in the Republic of Ireland. List of World Heritage Sites in the United Kingdom, including one site in Northern Ireland: the Giant's Causeway. Category:
Fastnet Lighthouse is a 54-metre-tall (177 ft) lighthouse situated on the remote Fastnet Rock in the Atlantic Ocean.It is the most southerly point of Ireland and lies 6.5 kilometres (4.0 mi) southwest of Cape Clear Island and 13 kilometres (8.1 mi) from County Cork on the Irish mainland. [1]