Castledermot Round Tower and High Crosses are in Castledermot (Irish: Diseart Diarmada) in County Kildare ... Tower Castledermot. Sketch from Groses's Antiquities of Ireland originally published in two volumes (1791 and 1795). Links: ...
Anonymous (not verified) - Apr 20 2021 - 3:55pm
... central Scotland the train from Edinburgh had begun to cross the bridge. When it reached the middle section the bridge collapsed. It ... construction and was insufficiently engineered to cope with high winds. Thomas Bouch, the designer, was blamed for the Tay Bridge disaster. ...
Douglas MacQueen - Oct 2 2018 - 2:19pm
... close by. Getting there It is located north of Castledermot at Moone, which is south from Timolin on the R448. The High Cross ... and Heritage Centre. Celtic nation: Ireland Itinerary: Ireland Leinster south Place type: ...
Anonymous (not verified) - Apr 20 2021 - 4:18pm
... The church is dedicated to St Adamnan who was born in Ireland. Adomnán or Adamnán of Iona (c. 624 – 704), was an abbot of Iona ... and significant crosses on the island. It stands 5 feet high and is a magnificent example of interlaced Celtic knot and plait work. It ...
Alastair Kneale - Aug 3 2022 - 5:54pm
... The church is dedicated to St Adamnan who was born in Ireland. Adomnán or Adamnán of Iona (c. 624 – 704), was an abbot of Iona ... and significant crosses on the island. It stands 5 feet high and is a magnificent example of interlaced Celtic knot and plait work. It ...
Alastair Kneale - Nov 19 2020 - 3:51pm
... of history. There are stone circles, carved Celtic and Norse crosses, buried Viking ships and treasure, ancient Keeils (a Manx Gaelic word ... oldest continuous parliament in the world. One such was the Cross that stands on the hill of Cronk ny Arrey Laa on the southwest of the ...
Alastair Kneale - Jul 22 2021 - 3:27pm
Kernow Matters to Us's blog Cross the Tamar Bridge into Cornwall, look to the right and there you will see ... design). Cornwall is extremely rich in Celtic crosses. According to the Federation of Old Cornwall Societies there are more ...
Kernow Matters to Us - Jun 19 2021 - 11:34am
This is the tallest of the Manx Crosses. The cross-slab was once covered with carvings typical of the Viking ... along the A5 beside the Four Ways Crossroads north of Port St Mary/Purt le Moirrey. ...
Anonymous (not verified) - Sep 1 2022 - 9:26pm
... Although the island has used the the green and white Nordic cross for many years, now after a community campaign the flag of Barra has ... The legend is that in 832 AD the Scottish King prayed to St Andrew for help to defeat the English. Against the blue sky the diagonal ...
Douglas MacQueen - Nov 25 2017 - 1:05pm
... century. On the site is the conical shaped Deer Stone, the high cross of St Kevin standing about eleven feet in height from the tenth to ... and the conversion to Christian ones which took place in Ireland from around 400 AD onwards. Glendalough is a very special place to ...
Anonymous (not verified) - May 24 2021 - 6:17pm