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In the many centuries before the building of the houses that we live in today, the Irish countryside was dotted with thousands of structures made of wood, earth and stone. Discover our ancient monuments in this feature by Dr. Peter Harbison.
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Strade Abbey
An example of altar figures at Strade Abbey, Co. Mayo
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Quin Abbey
Quin Abbey in Co. Clare was built in the 15th Century in the tradition of Irish Franciscan friaries. It is built on the ruins of a Norman castle fortress from the 13th Century.
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Leamanagh Castle
Leamanagh Castle in Co. Clare was built in the 17th century, and is four stories high with rows of large windows.
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Jerpoint Abbey
Jerpoint Abbey in Co. Kilkenny was founded in the second half of the 12th century. The tower and cloister date from the 15th century.
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Dowth, Co. Meath
Dowth is one of the three principal tombs of the Brú na Bóinne complex of passage-tombs (the others being Newgrange and Knowth). It is less developed as a tourist attraction than its neighbours, partly because the chamber is much lower, and partly because the decoration is poorer.
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Roche Castle
Roche Castle, like its sister castle at Carlingford, were both built by the Anglo-Normans as part of the process of taming and colonizing north Louth in the late 12th and early 13th centuries. Striking and powerful, it commands a pass northwards and affords wonderful views over the surrounding country.
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Browneshill Dolmen
The Browne's Hill Dolmen is a portal tomb dating from c.3300 to 2900 B.C. It has a very large granite capstone measuring 4.7 metres x 6.1 metres x 2 metres. The capstone rests on two portal stones, a door stone and a prostrate slab. The massive capstone of this dolmen, estimated to weigh at least 100 tonnes, is one of the largest of its type in Europe.
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Maughanasilly, Co. Cork
This stone row at Maughanasilly, Co. Cork, contains five stones and was constructed around 1500 BC
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- Borlase, William Copeland, The Dolmens of Ireland, their Distribution, Structural Characteristics, and Affinities in Other Countries; together with the folk-lore attaching to them and traditions of the Irish people, Volume I, London: Chapman & Hall, 1897
Borlase, William Copeland, The Dolmens of Ireland, their Distribution, Structural Characteristics, and Affinities in Other Countries; together with the folk-lore attaching to them and traditions of the Irish people, Volume I, London: Chapman & Hall, 1897
The Dolmens of Ireland, their Distribution, Structural Characteristics, and Affinities in Other Countries; together with the folk-lore attaching to them and traditions of the Irish people by the Liberal politician and antiquarian, William Copeland Borlase (1848-1899) was published in 1897 in three volumes.
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- Wakeman, W.F., A Survey of Antiquarian Remains On The Island Of Inismurray, London: William & Norgate, 1892
Wakeman, W.F., A Survey of Antiquarian Remains On The Island Of Inismurray, London: William & Norgate, 1892
A Survey of Antiquarian Remains On The Island Of Inismurray by William Frederirck Wakeman (1822-1900) first published 1893 is a study of the monastic ruins on the island of the uninhabited island of Inishmurrary off the coast of Co. Sligo. A monastic community now in ruins was established there by St. Molaise in the 6th century.
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