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Tag Archives: Johnstown
Fraoch Oileán and the Knights Hospitallers
Johnstown is a small village just outside Naas in County Kildare. I have passed by it countless times over the years and just by chance whilst hunting for a standing stone I came across a small little graveyard and church … Continue reading
Posted in Diary of a Ruinhunter, Photography
Tagged Flatsbury, Ireland, Johnstown, Kildare, Knights Hospitallers, Medieval, Monument, Nikon, Normans, photographer, Photography, Pickled Earl, ruins, Travel
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Water Pump at Johnstown
This is the second pump which I have come across in as many weeks. They are quite unusual to come across these days, but in their day they would have be the main supply of water for villages across the … Continue reading
Posted in Historical, Photography, Places of Interest
Tagged Horses, Ireland, Johnstown, Kildare, Rural, Stage Coach, Water Supply, Waterpump
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John Devoy Memorial
Now for something a little different. Whilst this is not quite a ruin, it is a monument with some great history attached. On the new road which runs between the small villages of Kill and Johnstown there stands a memorial to one … Continue reading
Posted in Historical, People, Photography, Places of Interest
Tagged Clan na Gael, Feinian, John Devoy, Johnstown, Kildare, Memorial
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St. Johns Medieval Church
I found this old graveyard by pure chance having passed by it many times over the years. Situated at the north end of the small Kildare village of Johnstown. It contains the ruins of a medieval nave and chancel which … Continue reading
Posted in Historical, Photography, Places of Interest
Tagged Bourke, church, Earl of Mayo, Earls of Kildare, Eleanor Wogan, Garret ‘Og’ Fitzgerald, Graveyard, James Flatsbury, Johnstown, Kildare, Knights Hospitallers, Knights of St. John of Jerusalem, Lancet Window, Medieval, Philip Flatsbury, Richard Southwell Bourke, Silken Thomas, St.Johns, The Pickled Earl, Trinity College
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Johnstown Standing Stone
Aside from Castles, my favourite sites to explore are the many standing stones to be found scattered around the country. Marking the land like the needles of an acupuncturist, in fact I was once told that they were used by … Continue reading
Posted in Historical, Landscape, Photography, Places of Interest
Tagged Johnstown, Kildare, Ruin, Standing Stone, Stone age, Summer Solstice
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Old Mile Stone
Now for something unusual, I found this little gem lying on the side of the N7 slip road from Johnstown heading towards Dublin, whilst I was lucky in finding it so easily, im sure that it could easily be missed. … Continue reading
Posted in Historical, Photography, Places of Interest
Tagged Act of Union, Dublin Castle, Johnstown, Kilcullen, Mile Stone, Turnpike
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