Tag Archives: Abbey

The Stump

Posted on August 3, 2014 by edmooneyphotography

Right beside The Abbey at St Mullin’s you will see the remains of a very sad excuse for a round tower. In fact it is barely a foundation, what remains is only about 1meter in height, so I have renamed … Continue reading →

Posted in Diary of a Ruinhunter, Photography | Tagged Abbey, Carlow, Ireland, monastery, Nikon, photographer, Photography, round Tower, ruins, St. Mullins, Travel | 6 Comments

The Abbey at St. Mullin’s

Posted on August 2, 2014 by edmooneyphotography

Adjacent to An Teampall Mór is the remains of an early 11th century church which is known as the Abbey. It would have been the largest building to be found on the site of a monastery founded by St. Moling … Continue reading →

Posted in Diary of a Ruinhunter, Photography, Religious Sites | Tagged Abbey, Carlow, Ireland, monastery, Nikon, photographer, Photography, round Tower, ruins, St. Mullin, Travel | 33 Comments

Black Abbey of Kildare

Posted on March 3, 2014 by edmooneyphotography

Black Abbey was the last of the three Abbeys of Kildare that I visited back in 2012, and the first to be re-visited. On my last visit I was unable to find access and had to do with a couple … Continue reading →

Posted in Diary of a Ruinhunter, Historical, Medieval, Photography, Places of Interest, Religious Sites, Ruins | Tagged Abbey, Black Abbey, Diary of a Ruin Hunter, EdMooneyPhotography, Ireland, Kildare, Knights Hospitallers, Knights of St. John of Jerusalem, Nikon, photographer, Photography | 51 Comments

Re-work Wednesday 8

Posted on February 26, 2014 by edmooneyphotography

This week I decided to try something different. Another shot from my early days in 2011 when I honestly had not a clue as to how to use my camera. All I knew was what I wanted my shots to … Continue reading →

Posted in Diary of a Ruinhunter, Events, Historical, People, Photography, Re-work Wednesday, Street Photography | Tagged #Re-work Wednesday, Abbey, Diary of a Ruin Hunter, Ed Mooney Photography, festival, Ireland, Kildare, Monasterevin, photographer, Photography | 14 Comments

Re-work Wednesday 7

Posted on February 19, 2014 by edmooneyphotography

Here we are at week seven already, where has the year gone? So for this week I took another image from 2011 and gave it my mono treatment. You can read more about the history of Grey Abbey and view the … Continue reading →

Posted in Diary of a Ruinhunter, Historical, Medieval, Photography, Places of Interest, Re-work Wednesday, Religious Sites, Ruins | Tagged #Re-work Wednesday, Abbey, Diary of a Ruin Hunter, Ed Mooney Photography, Ireland, Kildare, photographer, Photography | 27 Comments

Clane Abbey

Posted on November 26, 2013 by edmooneyphotography

Moving on just a short stroll from the ruins of the Franciscan Friary Lies an old church known as Clane Abbey. Initially both of these sites caused me some confusion, but a little research cleared this up. The Abbey’s connection … Continue reading →

Posted in Diary of a Ruinhunter, Historical, Medieval, Photography, Places of Interest, Religious Sites | Tagged 520AD, Abbey, Abbeylands, Anglo-Norman, Apsidal, Battlements, Bishop of Ferns, Celtic, Clane, Claonagh, Cleric, Cluain Damh, Community Hall, Ed Mooney Photography, Franciscan, Friary, Garden of Rememberance, Ireland, Kildare, Knights Hospitallers, monastery, Monastic Settlement, Norman, Order, photographer, Photography, Ruinhunter, ruins, St. Ailbe, Tomb, Tower | 17 Comments

Bective Abbey

Posted on October 17, 2013 by edmooneyphotography

I have to admit, the large medieval Abbey ruins of Bective are probably the nicest I have had the chance to explore to date, with the exception of the Baltinglass Abbey in Wicklow, but Baltinglass has been a personal favourite … Continue reading →

Posted in Castles, Diary of a Ruinhunter, Historical, Landscape, Medieval, Photography, Places of Interest, Religious Sites, Ruins | Tagged 1147AD, Abbey, abbot, Baltinglass, Bective, Botne, Cistercian, Diary of a Ruin Hunter, Dublin, Ed Mooney Photography, Fortified, Gaaelic, Hugh De Lacey, Ireland, King of Meath, Mainistir Bheigthi, Meath, monastery, Monks, Murchadh O' Melaghin, Parliment, ruins, St.Thomas | 36 Comments

Grange Abbey

Posted on September 12, 2013 by edmooneyphotography

I had almost forgotten all about this ruin, which I had previously shot about six months ago. It was only when I was updating my Diary of a Ruinhunter map that I noticed it was missing. It took some searching, … Continue reading →

Posted in Diary of a Ruinhunter, Historical, Landscape, Medieval, Photography, Places of Interest, Religious Sites, Ruins | Tagged 1166AD, Abbey, Baldoyle, Chapel, Diarmuid MacMurrough, Dissolution of the monasteries, Dublin, Ed Mooney Photography, Grange Abbey, Grange of Baldoyle, Ireland, King of Leinster, Map, photographer, Priory of All Hallows, ruined | 19 Comments

Bodenstown Church & Cemetry

Posted on September 10, 2013 by edmooneyphotography

I was heading down a little country back road in Kildare on the way to check out the ruins of an old Abbey in Clane, when I came across this stunning little ruin at Bodenstown. The church is surrounded by … Continue reading →

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Timahoe Round Tower

Posted on August 30, 2013 by edmooneyphotography

A couple of weeks ago I was training in some young Ruin Hunters, if you missed this post you can read more about this HERE. Out first port of call was the Round Tower in Timahoe, Co. Laois. It is … Continue reading →