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Clonmacnoise Cathedral from the south-east (centre and left), Temple Doolin and Temple Hurpan (right) and Temple Melaghlin (behind, covered) Clonmacnoise (Irish: Cluain Mhic Nóis) is a ruined monastery situated in County Offaly in Ireland on the River Shannon south of Athlone, founded in 544 by Saint Ciarán, a young man from Rathcroghan, County Roscommon. [2]
Knowth (/ ˈnaʊθ /; Irish: Cnóbha) [1] is a prehistoric monument overlooking the River Boyne in County Meath, Ireland. It comprises a large passage tomb surrounded by 17 smaller tombs, built during the Neolithic era around 3200 BC. It contains the largest assemblage of megalithic art in Europe.
All access to Newgrange and Knowth is by guided tour only, with tours beginning at the Visitor Centre, opened in 1997 in Donore, County Meath. [4] The tourist visitor centre is located on the south side of the river Boyne, and the historical site is located on the north side of the river and is accessed via a shuttle with a tour guide.
Clonmacnoise and West Offaly Railway. Clonmacnoise and West Offaly Railway: A succession of trains (here three are visible) bring milled peat to the Shannonbridge electricity generating station. The Clonmacnoise and West Offaly Railway was a former tourist attraction based on a narrow-gauge industrial railway in the Midlands of Ireland.
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 ...
Ancient Christian monastic site at Clonmacnoise along with ancient examples of the Irish High cross such as the 'Cross of the Scriptures' and the round tower and visitors centre. Kinnitty Castle; Slieve Bloom Mountains with panoramic views of Counties Offaly and Laois; Banagher and the river Shannon for cruises along the river.
Birr Castle, including its gardens and science centre [6] Clonmacnoise, monastic site on the banks of the River Shannon [13] Roscommon. Lough Key Lake and forest park [citation needed] Sligo. Drumcliffe with its church and gravesite of William Butler Yeats, overlooked by Ben Bulben mountain [17] Sligo town with Sligo Abbey [citation needed ...
Saint Ciarán of Clonmacnoise (c. 516 – c. 549), [2] supposedly born Ciarán mac an tSaeir ("son of the carpenter"), [3][4] was one of the Twelve Apostles of Ireland [5] and the first abbot of Clonmacnoise. He is sometimes called Ciarán the Younger to distinguish him from the 5th-century Saint Ciarán the Elder who was bishop of Osraige.