Walking inside its chapels’ tumbled walls and seeing birds nesting in its silent bell towers, it’s hard to believe that this was once one of Europe‘s great universities. Clonmacnoise was founded by St ...

It was an absolutely perfect day for traveling. The moon still continued its waning phase, the clouds were a soft orange/peach bunches of fluff in the sky, and we were well rested. Coffee got us off ...

Just back from two weeks in Ireland with my friends Fr. Bill and Fr. Patrick, where I went to get some perspective on life and the world, including recent events such as the U.S. killing of Gaddafi, ...

Ireland's Office of Public Works (OPW) honoured two of its guide staff at a special ceremony at Farmleigh House in Dublin's Phoenix Park today, October 4. The staff, Anthony Ryan and Aidan Doyle, were ...

Proceedings of the Royal Irish Academy: Archaeology, Culture, History, Literature, Vol. 92C, No. 4 (1992), pp. 123-146 (24 pages) In 1861 two gold objects, allegedly found at Clonmacnoise, were ...

The ancient monastery founded in the sixth century was a great burial place for Gaelic kings and a place of pilgrimage, writes… The ancient monastery founded in the sixth century was a great burial ...

The monastic ruins at Clonmacnoise, Co Offaly, have been recommended for designation as a UNESCO World Heritage site by the Minister for the Environment, Mr Cullen. Ireland's other world heritage ...

St. Ciaran (Kieran) of Clonmacnoise is known as “Ciaran the Younger”. He was born in about 512 (about 516 is also found) to the family of an itinerant carpenter and chariot-maker in the western Irish ...