Tag Archives: Chancel

Church Ruins of Mullach Eadrad

Posted on February 25, 2016 by edmooneyphotography

Whilst out searching for a holy well I happened to come across the ruins of an old Church. Set just outside the old village of Mullach Eadrad (the hill of the milking place), now modern day Mullhuddart The church rests … Continue reading →

Posted in Photography | Tagged Ancient, Buzzardstown, Chancel, church, Dublin, Ireland, Medieval, Nave, Nikon, photographer, Photography, ruins, Travel | 37 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 →

Posted in Diary of a Ruinhunter, Events, Historical, Legends, Medieval, People, Photography, Places of Interest, Religious Sites, Ruins | Tagged 1352AD, 13th century, Abbey, Baptismal Font, Bodenstown, Book of Kells, Cemetry, Chancel, church, Clane, Commemoration, Crenelations, Ed Mooney Photography, Ireland, Irish Republician Brotherhood, Kildare, Nave, photographer, Photography, Priory of Connell, Revolutionary, Ruin, Sallins, Sinn Fein, Society of the United Irishmen, Theobald, Tomb, Wolfe Tone | 29 Comments

Oughaval Church

Posted on September 1, 2013 by edmooneyphotography

Moving on to the second site I recently visited with my newly recruited Ruinhunters, was the site of Oughaval church near Stradbally in Laois. It is a picturesque old ruin which can only be appreciated fully by exploring. From the … Continue reading →

Posted in Diary of a Ruinhunter, Historical, Landscape, Medieval, Photography, Places of Interest, Religious Sites, Ruins | Tagged Barrel vaulted Ceiling, Book of Leinster, Book of Oughaval, Castle, Chancel, church, Crennellations, Crosby, Dissolution of the monasteries, Ed Mooney Photography, Graveyard, Henry VIII, Iona, Ireland, Laois, Lebor Na Nuachongbala, monastery, Mortuary Chamber, Nave, Oughaval, Oughterard, photographer, Ruin, Ruinhunter, St. Colman Mac Ua Laoighse, St. Columba, St. Fintan Clonenagh, Stradbally, Vampires | 43 Comments

Priory of De Laude Dei

Posted on August 22, 2013 by edmooneyphotography

I came across the Abbey at Ballyboggan purely by chance after taking a wrong turn. I was actually heading along the Kildare/ Offaly border in search of a couple of De Bermingham Castles which I had missed on by last … Continue reading →

Posted in Diary of a Ruinhunter, Historical, Landscape, Medieval, Photography, Places of Interest, Religious Sites, Ruins | Tagged 12th Century, 1538AD, Abbey, Ancient, Annals of Ulster, Arched Window, Augustinian, Ballyboggan, Cemetary, Chancel, church, De Bemingham, De Laude Dei, Diary of a ruinhunter, Ed Mooney Photography, Edward Fitzgerald, Elizabeth I, Gable, Gravestones, Graveyard, Henry VIII, Holy Trinity, Holy Water, Jordan Comin, Kildare Offaly, Kildare Photographer, Leinster, Lord Carbury, Meath, Medieval, Nave, Order, pilgrimage, Plague, Prior, Shrine, Supression of the monasteries, Tomb, Transept, William Bermingham, Wooden Cross | 33 Comments

St. Begnets Ruin

Posted on July 21, 2013 by edmooneyphotography

The ivy covered ruins of Saint Begnet’s Church stand beside Goat Castle on Dalkey’s main street, and are surrounded by a small graveyard. This granite church, named after the seventh century, Saint Begnet, dates back to the Early Christian period. … Continue reading →

Posted in Castles, Diary of a Ruinhunter, Historical, Medieval, Photography, Places of Interest, Ruins | Tagged 10th Century, Arch, Belfry, Chancel, church, Dalkey, Dalkey Heritage Center, Diary of a ruinhunter, Dublin, Early Christian, Ed Mooney Photography, Goat Castle, Ireland, photographer, Photography, Princess, St. Begnet, Twin Bells | 33 Comments

Baltinglass Abbey

Posted on May 23, 2013 by edmooneyphotography

This Abbey is one of my personal favourite sites to visit. Last week I found myself urged to make the drive down the N81 through Blessington to the small town of Baltinglass in Wicklow to explore the Abbey. Baltinglass was … Continue reading →

Posted in Diary of a Ruinhunter, Historical, Places of Interest, Ruins | Tagged 1148AD, 2537AD, Abbey, Anglican, Architecure, Baltinglass, Baltinglass Master, Bealach Conglais, Blessington, carvings, Chancel, Chapel, church, Cistercian, Cloister, Clonglas, Diarmuid Mac Murchada, Dissolution, Earl of Pembroke, Fianna, Fionn Mac Cumhaill, Gothic Arches, Grace Stone, Invasion, Ireland, Jerpoint, King of Leinster, Knight, Mausoleum, Mellifont, monastery, Monks, Nave, Norman, Presbytery, Rennovation, Richard de Clare, River Slaney, Road of Cúglas, Romanesque, Ruin Hunter, St. Marys, Strongbow, The Valley of Salvation, Tile, Transept, Warrior, Wicklow | 47 Comments

St. Cuthbert’s Church, Kilmahuddrick

Posted on April 30, 2013 by edmooneyphotography

On a recent expedition I by chance found another of these ruined medieval churches near Bawnogue in Clondalkin. Known locally, as Kilmahuddrick or St. Cuthbert’s. These ruins seem to be a dime a dozen lately as im finding them nearly … Continue reading →

Posted in Diary of a Ruinhunter, Historical, Landscape, Photography, Places of Interest | Tagged 15th Century, Abbey, Arch, Balichelmer, Bawnogue, Blessed Virgin Mary, Chancel, church, Clondakin, Graveyard, Kilmahuddrick, Lindisfarne, Master Osbertus, Moate, monastery, Monks, NAtional Monument, Nave, Park, Ruin, St. Cuthbert | 30 Comments

Church of Mary

Posted on April 5, 2013 by edmooneyphotography

Above the village of Mulhuddart in the old townland of Buzzardstown, stands the ruins of the Church of Mary. The church which stands on a curved mound affords some nice views of the surrounding area. The curve in the surrounding … Continue reading →