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St. Senan's Well, Scattery
St. Senan's Well, Scattery
St. Senan's Well lies about 70 feet west of the Round Tower. This is the spot where, during a drought, an Angel showed Senan where to find water, using a holly branch (or hazel or sometimes elder) as diviner. This was then planted and became a sacred tree.
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Round Tower, Scattery Island
Round Tower, Scattery Island
The round tower on Scattery is ablut 40m high. It is believed to date from the time of St. Senan.
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Seventeenth-Century Sketch of Carlow Castle
Seventeenth-Century Sketch of Carlow Castle
This is a late seventeenth-century sketch of the then-intact Carlow Castle. It is found in 'Grose's Antiquities of Ireland'. Two late seventeenth-century sketches can be seen in 'Thomas Dineley's Journal' (1680). This was more than 100 years before the castle was ruined by explosion.
'Thomas Dineley's Journal' (1680).
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Poulnabrone Dolmen, Co. Clare
Poulnabrone Dolmen, Co. Clare
Poulnabrone Dolmen is one of the most famous dolmens in Ireland. Dolmens were used as burial places. Poulnabrone dolmen dates from around 3800 B.C.
Photograph by Sonia Schorman.Courtesy Clare County Library
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Carrick-on-Suir castle
Carrick-on-Suir castle
This castle of the Butlers - Earls and later Dukes of Ormonde - stands above the Suir on the east side of Carrick. It was acquired in 1315, though the oldest part of the castle is a mid-fifteenth-century walled bawn with a tower house in each of its northern corners. There are few defensive features save for small firing-holes either side of the front door.
Image courtesy of Dept. of Environment, Community and Local Government
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Ancient Monuments up to 1700 A.D
Ancient Monuments up to 1700 A.D
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.
Image courtesy of Dept. of Environment, Heritage and Local Government
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St. Senan's Bed, Scattery Island
St. Senan's Bed, Scattery Island
This small building imeediately west of Teampall Senain is known as 'St. Sena's Bed'. It is believed that St. Senan is buried here. Local custom has it that a young women should not enter the building as if they do, they will never marry.
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Tempall Senain, Scattery Island
Tempall Senain, Scattery Island
The remains of Tempall Senain on Scattery Island.
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Dr. Peter Harbison
Dr. Peter Harbison
Dr. Peter Harbison spent much of his working life as archaeologist and magazine editor with Bord Fáilte and, in retirement that isn't, he is now Honorary Academic Editor with the Royal Irish Academy. His 'Guide to the National (and Historic) Monuments of Ireland' is now a classic that has remained in print for over 35 years. He is the author of over twenty books, mostly on the archaeology and art of Ireland, including 'Pre-Christian Ireland' (1988), 'Pilgrimage in Ireland' (1991), 'The High Crosses of Ireland' (3 vols.,1992), 'The Golden Age of Irish Art' (1999), and 'The Crucifixion in Irish Art' (2000). During the last decade and a half, he has produced five volumes on eighteenth-century topographical drawings of Ireland's ancient monuments by artists such as Gabriel Beranger and Austin Cooper. Dr. Harbison is an Honorary Fellow of Trinity College, Dublin, an Honorary Member and Professor of Archaeology at the Royal Hibernian Academy and an Honorary Member of the Royal Institute of Architects in Ireland, in addition to being a Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries of London.
Image courtesy of Robin Smith
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Craggaunowen Crannóg
Craggaunowen Crannóg
Craggaunowen in Co. Clare attempts to recreate aspects of Ireland's past with the restoration and reconstruction of earlier forms of dwelling houses, farmsteads and hunting sites.
Image courtesy of Dept. of Environment, Community and Local Government