Posted On: 15 September 2025
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Aghalurcher Church
Posted On: 13 May 2024
This is the site of an early church, founded probably in the 7th century by St Ronan, but the visible ruins are of the…
Aghanaglack Dual Court Tomb
Posted On: 13 May 2024
Aghanaglack Dual Court Tomb is built across the slope on a south-east-facing mountainside. Until the 1950s this was open grazing land with a farmhouse…
Altnachree/Ogilby’s Castle, Donemana
Posted On: 13 September 2025
Altinaghree Castle is in ruins situated on private farmland outside Donemana. It is known locally as Ogilby’s Castle and holds the most beautiful love…
Ancient Pilgrim Clones to Clogher
Posted On: 1 April 2026
Clones Forum and Clogher Community Village Forum were inspired to explore the possibility of an ancient pilgrim route between Clones and Clogher following a…
Ancient Pilgrim Route – Clogher to Clones
Posted On: 29 August 2025
Clogher Community Village Forum and Clones Forum were inspired to explore the possibility of an ancient pilgrim route between Clogher and CLONES ollowing a…
Annaghmare Cairn
Posted On: 16 June 2024
The court tomb at Annaghmare is one of the best preserved examples of its type, with many of its features preserved in situ after…
Anne Holland – Female Gamekeeper!
Posted On: 22 September 2025
Anne Holland (sitting) and her daughter Mary (known as Minnie). Reported as quilt makers. In 1911 census it notes Corleaghan as Co Monaghan and…
Ardboe High Cross
Posted On: 15 November 2022
Ardboe High Cross is the third highest cross in Ireland and the highest in Ulster. It’s an impressive 18.5 feet high and 3.5 feet wide,…
Ardfert Cathedral
Posted On: 5 June 2024
St Brendan the Navigator was born in the Ardfert area in the sixth century. He founded a monastery there not long before embarking on…
Armagh Friary
Posted On: 16 June 2024
Armagh Franciscan Friary was founded by Archbishop Patrick O’ Scannail in 1263/64. It had prominent patrons in the city and the Franciscans played an…
Askeaton Castle
Posted On: 5 June 2024
In the very heart of this County Limerick town stand the impressive remains of a medieval fortress. Askeaton Castle dates from 1199, when William…
Athenry Castle
Posted On: 28 March 2024
An emblem of Norman lordship and the centrepiece of one of the best-preserved medieval towns in Ireland, Athenry Castle will offer the visitor a…
Athlone Castle
Posted On: 26 June 2024
Athlone grew up at a fording point on the River Shannon. The first recorded bridge was built in 1120 and within a decade King…
Aughnanure Castle
Posted On: 28 March 2024
The fearsome O’Flaherty family, whose motto was ‘Fortune favours the strong’, ruled west Connacht for 300 years from this fine six-storey tower on the…
Balix Lower Court Tomb: The White Rocks
Posted On: 22 April 2024
This court tomb with a V-shaped forecourt leading into a (probable) two-chambered gallery which ends in a high-pointed backstone. An unusual feature is that…
Balleighan Abbey
Posted On: 20 July 2021
The name is derived from the Irish phrase “Baile-aighidh-chaoin” (the place of the pleasant aspect). The general belief is that Balleighan was founded by…
Ballyhack Castle
Posted On: 5 June 2024
Ballyhack Castle commands an imperious position on a steep-sided valley overlooking Waterford Estuary. It is thought that the Knights Hospitallers of St John, one…
Ballykeel Dolmen and Cairn
Posted On: 16 June 2024
This Neolithic burial site, dated between 4000 and 2500 BC, has a huge capstone, supported on upright stones, over an octagonal burial chamber. It…
Ballyloughan Castle
Posted On: 26 June 2024
Ballyloughan Castle was probably built in the 13th century and consisted of a large open courtyard with a curtain wall and a moat outside.…
Ballymacdermot Cairn
Posted On: 16 June 2024
Ballymacdermot Cairn ying on the southern slopes of Ballymacdermot Mountain close to Newry, is an extremely well preserved Neolithic burial site with three chambers.…
Ballymote Castle, Ballymote
Posted On: 20 June 2022
Ballymote Castle is a large rectangular keepless castle, built around 1300, on the outskirts of Ballymote, County Sligo. This area was known historically as…
Ballywee Early Christian Settlement
Posted On: 14 May 2024
Ballywee Early Christian Settlement is an unusually well-preserved secular settlement, dating to the Early Christian period. It is a variation on more familiar raths…
Ballywholan: Carnagat Portal Tomb
Posted On: 1 March 2026
Ballywholan: Carnagat Portal Tomb (sometimes referenced locally as Carnfadrig or Carnpatrick) is a prehistoric burial structure made of large stones — dating from the…
Ballywholan: Carnfadrig Portal Tomb
Posted On: 16 June 2025
This megalithic tomb on the marshy southwest slope of Knockroe Mountain n Ballywholan downland dates from 2500 BC. It is unusual in that it…
Battle of Benburb 5 June 1646
Posted On: 28 April 2022
On the 4th of June 1646 General Monro reached Poyntzpass with his army of five thousand infantrymen and six hundred horsemen. They were a…
Battle of Clones (13 June 1643)
Posted On: 9 December 2025
The Battle of Clones took place on 13 June 1643 during the early phase of the Irish Confederate Wars. It was fought near the…
Battle of Farsetmore 8 May 1567
Posted On: 24 April 2024
The Battle of Farsetmore was fought near Letterkenny in County Donegal on 8 May 1567, between the O’Neill and O’Donnell Túath. Shane O’Neill, chief…
Battle of Kinsale 1601
Posted On: 22 April 2024
The Gaelic lords in 1600 were under massive pressure, the English had managed to pull themselves together and realised that the war was not…
Battle of Scarriffholis 21 June 1650
Posted On: 24 April 2024
The Battle of Scarrifholis was fought near the modern town of Letterkenny in the area of Newmills on 21 June 1650 and was one…
Battle of Yellow Ford 14 August 1598
Posted On: 13 May 2024
This important battle was fought on 14 August 1598 between the Gaelic native Irish army under the leadership of Aodh Mor O Neill and…
Bawnboy Workhouse
Posted On: 6 November 2025
Bawnboy was one of the second wave of Poor Law Unions created in Ireland between 1848 and 1850, and was the only such addition…
Beaghmore Stone Circles
Posted On: 4 June 2021
Beaghmore Stone Circles – Not just one stone circle but 7 stone circles! Constructed with 1,269 stones and 12 cairns dating back to c.2,000-1,200BC.…
Belville House
Posted On: 25 May 2021
Belville House A ghostly 17th Century residence. Secret tunnels. Mountjoy Castle. How are they all linked? Find out more about this haunted house below. …
Benburb Castle
Posted On: 31 July 2021
Tyrone’s ‘bloody castle’ This castle has been repurposed several times in its 500-year history. Read more about the gruesome past of the Benburb Castle…
Berrysfort Standing Stone
Posted On: 24 April 2024
This tall (2.3m-high), shapely pillar stands on a small eminence, just south of the River Derg. Berrysfort Standing Stone is one of the very…
Bogue – Ellie
Posted On: 5 October 2025
This is possibly Ellie, a sister of Cassie Pagin McCaughey, (Nee McCarron from Lisbane Clogher) who married Hugh Bogue a neighbour of this house.…
Bogues
Posted On: 5 October 2025
A picture of men at work in the fields, in the background is the Tower Hill “Brackenridge Folly”. It is believed to be near…
Boyle Abbey
Posted On: 28 March 2024
This Cistercian monastery was founded in the twelfth century by monks from Mellifont Abbey under the patronage of the local ruling family, the MacDermotts.…
Burt Castle, Inishowen
Posted On: 7 June 2021
Burt Castle is a ruined castle located close to Newtowncunningham and Burt, two villages in the east of County Donegal. The Castle was constructed…
Cahir Castle
Posted On: 28 March 2024
Cahir Castle is one of Ireland’s largest and best-preserved castles. It stands proudly on a rocky island on the River Suir. The castle was…
Caledon village
Posted On: 28 July 2021
The serpentine Blackwater has wound its course towards Lough Neagh from time immemorial. It forms a natural boundary between Tyrone and its neighbouring counties of…
Carlingford Castle
Posted On: 28 March 2024
Carlingford lies in the shade of Slieve Foye, a mountain that in legend takes its form from the body of the sleeping giant Finn…
Carnagat Portal TOMB
Posted On: 28 February 2026
This is a very well-preserved dual court tomb in a long cairn, orientated roughly north-east to south-west. A semi-circular forecourt at each end leads…
Carndonagh Cross
Posted On: 12 May 2021
Carndonagh, or Carn Domhnach, means ‘The Burial Mound of the Church’. It is thought that a monastery, or religious establishment, was founded in Carndonagh…
Carnteel Old Graveyard, Carnteel
Posted On: 16 June 2021
Carnteel – a place of religious significance, a battle site of huge importance, a hide-out and a place of natural beauty. The first record of…
Carrickabraghy Castle
Posted On: 5 October 2022
Carrickabraghy Castle was built before 1600, when it was occupied by Phelemy Brasleigh O’Doherty. Sir Cahir O’Doherty selected it as a secluded place for…
Carrickfergus Castle
Posted On: 13 May 2024
Carrickfergus Castle is a Norman castle in Northern Ireland, situated in the town of Carrickfergus in County Antrim, on the northern shore of Belfast…
Carrowmore Megalithic Cemetery
Posted On: 28 March 2024
Carrowmore Megalithic Cemetery is the oldest and the densest concentration of Neolithic tombs in Ireland. The site is located near Sligo town on the…
Castle Balfour
Posted On: 13 May 2024
The castle was built from about 1618 onwards by the Scottish planter, Sir James Balfour, and shows clear Scottish influence in plan and details.…
Castle Caulfield
Posted On: 7 June 2021
Castle Caulfield – the stronghold of the O’Donnelly (Ui Donnghaile). According to Irish tradition the O’Donnellys were part of the Cenel Eogain and as…
Castlederg Castle
Posted On: 8 July 2025
This Castle commands a strategic location on the River Derg, commanding a fording point between the O’Neill and O’Donnell Lordships since Medieval times. The…
Castledermot Friary
Posted On: 5 November 2025
Castledermot Friary, located in County Kildare, Ireland, is a 13th-century Franciscan foundation established before 1247 by Walter de Riddlesford the Younger, a powerful Anglo-Norman…
Castletown Eel Weir
Posted On: 1 June 2025
Castletown Eel Weir, in County Tyrone is the only Eel Weir in Northern Ireland, a rare survival of vernacular domestic architecture. The Eel Weir…
Castletown House and Parklands
Posted On: 5 June 2024
Castletown is set amongst beautiful eighteenth-century parklands on the banks of the Liffey in Celbridge, County Kildare. The house was built around 1722 for…
Castleward
Posted On: 28 March 2024
Castle Ward is a unique 18th-century mansion famed for its mixture of architectural styles and interiors. One half is built in the classical Palladian…
Celtic Cross & Round Tower
Posted On: 26 June 2024
Clones Town (Cluain Eois) began as a monastic settlement c. 500 when St Tiernach founded his monastery there and this was the most important…
Charles Fort Military Fortress
Posted On: 28 March 2024
Charles Fort Military Fortress is one of the country’s largest military installations, Charles Fort has been part of some of the most momentous events of…
Clogher Hillfort: Rathmore
Posted On: 22 April 2024
A magnificent complex of earthworks crowns this hilltop, spanning the long period from the late Bronze Age to the 9th century AD. Part of…
Clogher’s Ancient City Status
Posted On: 29 January 2026
Clogher Ancient City Status – The history In 1517 Clogher was described as a walled city and in 1563 the Clogher Valley was described…
Cloncha Church
Posted On: 12 May 2021
Clonca Church & Cross, is a historic monument located in Inishowen, County Donegal. It is one of the most important and popular historical sites…
Clonlum North & South Cairn
Posted On: 16 June 2024
Clonlum North Cairn are the remains of a court tomb, badly damaged in the early 19th century when stone was reputedly removed for building…
Clonmacnoise Monastic Sit
Posted On: 28 March 2024
St Ciarán founded his monastery on the banks of the River Shannon in the 6th Century. The monastery flourished and became a great seat…
Clontygora Cairn
Posted On: 16 June 2024
This court tomb, locally known as the King’s Ring, is badly damaged – some of its stones are said to have been used to…
Cloughoughter Castle
Posted On: 10 November 2025
Cloughoughter Castle, is a ruined circular castle located on a small island in Lough Oughter in County Cavan. Constructed between 1200 and 1224 by…
Cooley Monastery
Posted On: 13 May 2024
Cooley monastery is located in a small field outside of Moville town in County Donegal. Its a site of important historical significance and what…
Corlea Iron Age Roadway and Visitor Centre
Posted On: 5 June 2024
Hidden away in the boglands of Longford, not far from Kenagh village, is an inspiring relic of prehistory: a togher – an Iron Age…
Cullamore Court Tomb
Posted On: 15 July 2025
Cullamore Court Tomb, also known as the “Giant’s Grave”, is a Neolithic court tomb. It is characterized by a semi-circular court leading to two…
Dalkey Island
Posted On: 23 June 2024
Dalkey Island is an uninhabited island about 16km south of Dublin, near the village of Dalkey 3km south of Dun Laoghaire Harbour. From archaeological…
Derrydrummond Court Tomb
Posted On: 15 December 2025
The monument occupies a prominent north–south ridge with wide views across the valley. This court tomb is aligned along the ridge, with its court…
Derryloran Church
Posted On: 22 April 2024
The ruined church occupies the site of a pre-Norman church associated with St. Luran. The present ruin replaces a later church, built c.1622, although…
Desmond Castle Kinsale
Posted On: 5 June 2024
Desmond Castle in Kinsale dates from around 1500. It is a classic urban tower house, consisting of a three-storey keep with storehouses to the…
Desmond Castle Newcastlewest
Posted On: 28 March 2024
Desmond Castle was begun in the thirteenth century by Thomas ‘the Ape’ FitzGerald, so named because of the story that an ape took him…
Devenish Island Ecclesiastical Site
Posted On: 13 May 2024
Devenish Ecclesiastical Site was founded in the 6th century by Saint Molaise on one of Lough Erne’s many islands. During its history it has…
Doe Castle
Posted On: 16 June 2021
Doe Castle was most likely built in the 15th century by the O’Donnell family, but by the 1440s it had come into the hands…
Donaghmore Cross
Posted On: 22 April 2024
This sandstone cross survives from an early church on or near its present site, traditionally founded by St Patrick, who left the priest Colum…
Donegal Castle, Donegal Town
Posted On: 7 June 2021
The name Donegal comes from the Irish “Dhun na nGall”, translated as Fort of the Foreigner, and is believed to have come from a…
Doneraile Court Estate
Posted On: 28 March 2024
North Cork’s real Downton Abbey! Doneraile Court towers majestically over the glorious Doneraile Park, a 160-hectare landscaped parkland and wildlife estate. The house was…
Donnelly – Patrick
Posted On: 5 October 2025
Hear the full story about Patrick Donnelly from PJ Mulrine who (in the attached video) talks about his great grandfather, Patrick Donnelly “Pat The…
Doon Fort
Posted On: 7 June 2021
Doon Fort is an impressive drystone fortification which takes up almost the entire island in Loughadoon. It is one of thirty massive forts along…
Doon Rock and Holy Well
Posted On: 30 July 2021
Doon mass rock is where secret mass was held during the penal years (1695 -1741). During this time Irish Catholics were not allowed to openly…
Drumbrughas Cross
Posted On: 28 February 2026
Drumbrughas Cross is an early medieval high cross and a Scheduled Historic Monument, meaning it is legally protected due to its national archaeological importance…
Drumlane Abbey Church and Round Tower
Posted On: 26 June 2024
Drumlane is pleasantly situated near the quiet Co. Cavan village of Miltown, a monastic site overlooking Lough Derrybrick often associated with St. Colmcille and…
Drumnadrough Rath
Posted On: 14 May 2024
In earlier years Drumnadrough Rath survived in the garden of a big house called Fairy Knowe. The rath is still known as the Fairy…
Drumskinny Stone Circle, Cairn
Posted On: 13 May 2024
Drumskinny Stone Circle, Cairn and Alignment lies in upland bog and was drained after excavation in 1962. A circle 12.8m in diameter is made…
Duckett’s Grove
Posted On: 6 November 2025
Duckett’s Grove is a historic ruined mansion located in County Carlow. Built in the 18th century and later expanded in the 19th. It was…
Dún Aonghasa – Ancient Stone Fort
Posted On: 5 June 2024
Dún Aonghasa is about 1km from the Visitor Centre and is approached over rising ground. The last section of the path is over rough,…
Dungannon Workhouse project
Posted On: 2 December 2024
Almost 4,000 people are buried in the area known as the ‘Barley Field’, which lies to the rear of the former Dungannon Workhouse. The…
Dungarvan Castle
Posted On: 5 June 2024
This castle dates from the early days of the Anglo-Norman settlement in Ireland. It was built c.1209 to safeguard the entrance to Dungarvan Harbour.…
Dunguaire Castle
Posted On: 22 July 2024
Dunguaire Castle ‘the Fort of Guaire’ was built in 1520 by the O’Hynes clan on the picturesque shores of Galway Bay. This restored 16th…
Dunlewey – Old Church
Posted On: 9 September 2025
‘Ireland’s Taj Mahal” The abandoned Church of Ireland at Dunlewey is situated at the foot of Mount Errigal, in The Poisoned Glen. The Church…
Edergole Court Tomb
Posted On: 22 November 2025
Edergole or ‘Eadar Gabhal’ – a place between two forks (of a stream) is located south-west of Rockcorry on an elevated ridge, from which…
Eglish Crosses
Posted On: 16 June 2024
The name Eglish, from the Irish An Eaglais, ‘the church’, usually indicates a medieval parish church site, but here the crosses point to earlier…
Ennis Friary
Posted On: 5 June 2024
The O’Briens of Thomond, who once ruled much of north Munster, founded this medieval Franciscan friary. It grew quickly into a huge foundation, with…
Ennniskillen Castle
Posted On: 20 June 2022
Enniskillen Castle is situated in Enniskillen, County Fermanagh. It was originally built in the 16th century and now contains the Fermanagh County Museum and…
Errigal Keerogue Cross and Church
Posted On: 22 April 2024
The ridge-top graveyard is beautifully sited overlooking the Clogher valley. An early church here was associated with St Ciaran (Dachiarog), and the medieval parish…
Errigal Truagh Medieval Church & Graveyard
Posted On: 22 November 2025
Errigal Truagh Medieval Church and Graveyard is among the oldest religious sites in Ulster, with evidence suggesting its use for worship dates to Early…
Ferns Castle
Posted On: 5 June 2024
Before the coming of the Normans, Ferns was the political base of Diarmait Mac Murchada, king of Leinster. William, Earl Marshall built the castle…
Glebe Gallery and Garden – Derek Hill House
Posted On: 28 March 2024
This elegant Regency house, dating from 1828, is set in woodland gardens near the town of Letterkenny in County Donegal. The celebrated painter Derek…
Glendalough Monastic Site
Posted On: 5 June 2024
In a stunning glaciated valley in County Wicklow, in the sixth century, one of Ireland’s most revered saints founded a monastery. The foundation of…