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Tag Archives: St. Columba
An encounter at Skryne
I haverecently begun to focus my Ruin hunting in the Meath area, just for a change. One of my first ports of call was to the medieval church ruin which sits atop Skryne Hill. Skryne or Skreen as it is … Continue reading →
Posted in Diary of a Ruinhunter, Historical, Medieval, People, Photography, Places of Interest, Religious Sites, Ruins
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Tagged 1171AD, 1341AD, 15th Century, Augustinian, Baron, Cholmcille, Dublin, Earl of Pembroke, Ed Mooney Photography, Gaelic, Graveyard Iona, Guinness, Henry II, High Kings of Ireland, hill, Hill of Tara, Hugh De Lacy, Invasion, Ireland, John De Courcey, Kells Acail, Knights, Leinster, Lord of Meath, Meath, monastery, Monastic Settlement, Norman, photographer, Photography, relics, Richard de Clare, Ruinhunter, Scrin, Shrine, Skreen, Skryne, Skryne Castle, St. Columba, St. Lawrence, Strongbow, Ulster
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Oughaval Church
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
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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
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