Monastic Sites
On the road you can see many medieval forts and castles,
ancient abbeys and monasteries in different states of
preservation. Here are some of these beautiful places for
you. In this gallery you can also find some fine examples
of the well known round towers taken on different
locations during our Ireland tours. The most impressive
of them is definitely the 8th Century monastery Skellig
Michael located on one of the two Atlantic islands named
the Skellig Rocks which deserves an own chapter. The
magic of this place brings you more than 1,000 years back
in history (gallery 7).
Dunbrody Abbey, 1210
(Hook Peninsula, Co. Wexford)_
Dunbrody Abbey, 1210
(Hook Peninsula, Co. Wexford)
Ardmore, 12th century
(Co. Waterford)
Ardmore, 12th
century_(Co. Waterford)
Skellig Michael, 7th-8th
century (Skellig Rocks, Ring of Kerry, Co. Kerry)
Skellig Michael, 7th-8th
century (Skellig Rocks, Ring of Kerry, Co.
Kerry)_
Glendalough Graveyard
(Wicklow Mountains)
Reask Monastic Site
(Dingle Peninsula, Co. Kerry)
Glendalough, 6th century
(Wicklow Mountains)
Glendalough, 6th century
(Wicklow Mountains)_
St. Kevin's Kitchen, 6th
century, Glendalough (Wicklow Mountains)
Gougane Barra (Co.
Cork)
Kylemore Abbye, 1920
(Connemara)
Kylemore Abbye, 1920
(Connemara)_
Gallarus Oratory,
8th-9th century (Smerwick Harbour, Dingle Peninsula,
Co. Kerry)
Gallarus Oratory,
8th-9th century_(Smerwick Harbour, Dingle Peninsula,
Co. Kerry)
Gallarus Stone (Smerwick
Harbour, Dingle Peninsula, Co. Kerry)
Rock of Cashel,
1100-1134 (Cashel, Co. Tipperary)
Rock of Cashel,
1100-1134_(Cashel, Co. Tipperary)
Rock of Cashel,
1100-1134 (Cashel, Co. Tipperary)_
Rock of Cashel,
1100-1134_(Cashel, Co. Tipperary)_
Trim Abbey (Trim, Co.
Meath)
_Timoleague Abbey, 1240
(Timoleague, Co. Cork)
Timoleague Abbey, 1240
(Timoleague, near Cork)
Timoleague Abbey, 1240
(Co. Cork)_
Timoleague Abbey, 1240
(Co. Cork)
Newtown Abbey (Trim, Co.
Meath)
Hore Abbey, 1270
(Cashel, Co. Tipperary)
Augustinian Priory,
1315_(Adare, Co. Limerick)
Reask Stone, Reask
Monastic Site (Dingle Peninsula, Co. Kerry)
Ardfert Cathedral, 15th
century (partially restored, in Ardfert, near Tralee,
Co. Kerry)_
Ardfert Cathedral, 15th
century (partially restored, in Ardfert, near Tralee,
Co. Kerry)
Ardfert Cathedral, 15th
century_(partially restored, in Ardfert, near Tralee,
Co. Kerry)
Muckross Abbey,
1448_(Killarney National Park, Co. Kerry)
Muckrose Abbey, 1448
(Killarney National Park, Co. Kerry)
Muckross Abbey, 1448
(Killarney National Park, Co. Kerry_)
Quinn Abbey, 1433
(Quinn, Co. Clare)
Ennis Friary, 1240
(Ennis, Co. Clare)
Augustinian Priory, 1315
(Adare, Co. Limerick)
Trinitarian Priory, 1230
(Adare, Co. Limerick)