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Tag Archives: Offaly
Re-work Wednesday 46
Ok so after no takers on last weeks challenge, I have had to choose an image myself for this weeks Re-work. And here it is the delapidated yet striking ruin that is Blundell Castle. I shot this last year on … Continue reading
Posted in Photography, Re-work Wednesday
Tagged Blundell Castle, Edenderry, Ireland, Nikon, Offaly, photographer, Photography, photoshop, Re-work Wednesday, Travel
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Grange Castle
Moving on to the last of my visits to the many De Bermingham strongholds which are scattered along the Kildare/Offaly border. There are a number of castles and a monastery still in existence in the Kildare and Offaly area, some … Continue reading
Posted in Castles, Diary of a Ruinhunter, Historical, Medieval, Places of Interest, Ruins
Tagged 1460AD, 17th Century, Battlements, Blundell Castle, Bobby Tyrrell, Carbury Castle, Carrick Church, Castle, De Bermingham, Duchas, Ed Mooney Photography, estate, Fallon Hall, Google Street View, Grange castle, Hugh Tyrrell, Interactive Ruin Map, Ireland, Jacobean Chimney, Kildare, Kinnefad Castle, MacFeorais Castle, Machicolation, Mill Wheel, Monasteroris, Offaly, photographer, Photography, Priory of De Laude Dei, Stronghold, Teampall Do-Ath, Thomas Tyrrell, Towerhouse, Tyrrell Trust, Walled Garden, Walter Bermingham
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Monasteroris Friary & Castro Petre
After visiting the church and graveyard I was trying to figure out the best approach for getting to the two mounds which I new little about at the time. I could have jumped the graveyard wall and made my way … Continue reading
Posted in Castles, Diary of a Ruinhunter, Historical, Landscape, Medieval, Photography, Places of Interest, Religious Sites, Ruins
Tagged 1325AD, Burial Tomb, Castle, Castleatted, Castro Petre, Earl of Louth, Ed Mooney Photography, Fairie Hill, FAS, Feorais, fort, Franciscan Friary, Friary, Ireland, John De Bermingham, Medieval, Monasteroris, Motte, Mounds, National Monuments, O'Connors, Offaly, Panorama, Peirce, Peters Castle, photographer, Photography, ruins, Tumulus
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Monasteroris Medieval Church & Graveyard
The Medieval church and graveyard of Monasteroris can be found just outside Edenderry in County Offally. This area was under the control of John De Bermingham, the Earl of Louth whom had a fortification just behind the walls of the … Continue reading
Posted in Diary of a Ruinhunter, Historical, Medieval, Photography, Places of Interest, Religious Sites, Ruins
Tagged 1335AD, 1798AD, Blundell Castle, Carbury Castle, Carrick Church, Castro Petre, church, Crypts, De Bermingham, Diary of a Ruin Hunter, Earl of Louth, Ed Mooney Photography, Font, Franciscan Friary, Franciscans, Gable, George BLundell, Grange castle, Gravestones, Graveyard, Ireland, John De Bermingham, Kinnefad Castle, Lady Sarah Blundell, Mac Fe, Mac Feorais Castle, Medieval, Monasteroris, Offaly, photographer, Photography, Rebellion, Ruin, Tempall Do-Ath, Winwood Blundell
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Kinnefad Castle
Yet another stronghold built by the De Bermingham’s can be found in the area of Kinnefad or in Gaelic as Ceann – Átha Fada which translates to ‘head of the ford’. There were many De Bermingham castles and a couple … Continue reading
Posted in Castles, Diary of a Ruinhunter, Historical, Medieval, Photography, Places of Interest, Ruins
Tagged 14th century, 15538AD, Atrefacts, battle, Carbury Castle, Carrick Church, Castle, Castle Blundell Castle, Ceann Átha Fada, Corridor, County Council, De Bermingham, Defense Church, Ed Mooney Photography, Edenderry, Fortification, Gaelic, Garderobe., Head of the Ford, Henry VIII, Ireland, Kildare, Kinnefad Castle, Lord Downshire, Mac Feorais, Offaly, photographer, Photography, Priory of De Laude Dei, River Boyne, Ruin, Spear heads, Spiral staircase, Stone, Stronghold, Suppression of the Abbeys, Sword blades, Tempall Do-Ath, Tower, University of Cambridge, Vaulted Ceiling
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