Glenknock/ Cloghogle Portal Tomb: Druid’s Altar
Posted On: 22 April 2024
Glenknock or Cloghogle Portal Tomb: Druid’s Altar The megalith is disturbed, but among the leaning stones it is possible to detect two portal stones…
Glenoo Bullaun Stone
Posted On: 1 March 2026
The Glennoo bullaun stone is a free-standing, ancient stone with a, likely man-made, hollow or basin, situated in the Glenoo . These, often Neolithic…
Grange Standing Stone
Posted On: 22 April 2024
This is a single, rather squat, standing stone, part of a wider prehistoric ritual landscape in this area.…
Greencastle (Northburgh) Castle
Posted On: 5 October 2022
Greencastle (Northburgh) Ango Norman Castle was built in 1305 by the powerful Anglo-Norman Richard de Burgo, 2nd Earl of Ulster, also known as The…
Greyfriars/French Church
Posted On: 5 June 2024
The ruins of a medieval Franciscan Friary founded in 1240 by Sir Hugh Purcell. Suppressed in 1540 during the reign of Henry VIII the…
Grianán of Aileach, Carrowreagh
Posted On: 7 June 2021
On the summit of Greenan Mountain in north Donegal is the fortress known as the Grianán of Aileach, commanding breath-taking views over Lough Foyle,…
Harry Avery’s Castle
Posted On: 22 April 2024
Harry Avery’s Castle is a ruined medieval stone castle about a half-mile southwest of Newtownstewart. The castle is built on an artificially scarped mound,…
Hill of Tara
Posted On: 5 June 2024
The Hill of Tara has been important since the late Stone Age, when a passage tomb was built there. However, the site became truly…
Hill of the O’Neill, Dungannon
Posted On: 12 May 2021
Hill of O’Neill – The ‘centre’ of Plantation Ulster. ‘No greater place to understand the history of Ulster – and latterly Northern Ireland –…
Holland – Anne and Mary
Posted On: 5 September 2025
Anne Holland and her daughter Mary (known as Minnie). Reported as quilt makers. In 1911 census it notes Corleaghan as Co Monaghan and Mary…
Holland – Anne, Female Gamekeeper
Posted On: 22 September 2025
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Holland – Kate
Posted On: 22 September 2025
Kate Holland on the road near her home in Ballyscally (taken in the direction of Brackenridges folly but slightly out of sight to the…
Holycross Abbey
Posted On: 5 June 2024
As a destination for pilgrims, Holy Cross Abbey, near Thurles, County Tipperary, has a rich history. Pilgrims travelled here for eight centuries to venerate…
Inishmacsaint Church and Cross
Posted On: 13 May 2024
St Ninnid founded a church here in the 6th century, and the site was later used for the parish church and graveyard, being abandoned…
Jerpoint Abbey
Posted On: 5 June 2024
Where Irish medieval sculpture reached new heights Founded in the 12th century, Jerpoint Abbey is one of the best examples of a medieval Cistercian…
Kells Priory
Posted On: 5 June 2024
Kells Priory owes its foundation to the Anglo-Norman consolidation of Leinster. Founded by Geoffrey FitzRobert, a household knight and trusted companion of William Marshal…
Kilkenny Castle
Posted On: 5 June 2024
The jewel in the crown of an enchanting medieval city. Built in the twelfth century, Kilkenny Castle was the principal seat of the Butlers,…
Killevy Churches
Posted On: 16 June 2024
This is the site of one of Ireland’s most important early convents, founded perhaps in the later 5th century by St Moninne (also called…
Killucan Long Cairn: Killucan
Posted On: 22 April 2024
This may have been a court tomb but it survives only as a badly mutilated and confused long, east-west cairn. There is one large…
Killucan Wedge Tomb: Carnanbane
Posted On: 22 April 2024
A roughly circular cairn is badly disturbed and is augmented with field stones. There are traces of a possible entrance to the south-west and…
Killyliss Rath
Posted On: 22 April 2024
This is a bivallate rath with a circular central area and a low, spread inner bank, surrounded by a ditch, a very substantial bank…
Killymoon Castle, Cookstown
Posted On: 26 March 2024
Killymoon castle is a grade A listed building designed by the famous John Nash who also designed Buckingham Palace! The castle was originally built…
Kilmacrennan Friary
Posted On: 31 July 2021
Kilmacrennan friary was built in 1537 by the clan leader Manus O’Donnell for the Franciscan friars on the site of a previous monastery of…
Kilnasaggart Pillar Stone
Posted On: 16 June 2024
A tall granite pillar marks the site of an early cemetery on one of Early Christian Ireland’s great ‘main roads’, the Slige Midlúachra, running…
King House
Posted On: 28 March 2024
One of the earliest surviving substantial townhouses in the province of Connacht, King House was built for Sir Henry King MP (c. 1681–1739) between…
Knockmany Passage Grave: Annia’s Cove
Posted On: 22 April 2024
This a passage tomb of the Neolithic period (4000-2500BC). Excavation showed that a stone cairn capped with earth within a stone revetment originally covered…
Lisky Court Tomb: Giant’s Grave
Posted On: 22 April 2024
Six very large stones make up a long chamber running east-west, with a low sill stone to the west and a back stone to…
Lismore Rath
Posted On: 15 December 2025
Lismore rath sits on the back of a drumlin ridge, taking advantage of wide views across the surrounding landscape. The monument consists of a…
Lisnadarragh Wedge Tomb
Posted On: 22 November 2025
One of the best Megalithic sites in the region, Lisnadarragh Wedge Tomb, looks like the ribcage of a huge stone giant. A narrow, roofless…
Lisnamintry Rath
Posted On: 16 June 2024
This once substantial rath has a circular central area with a perimeter bank, surrounded by a wide ditch, and there are remains of an…
Lissan House, Cookstown
Posted On: 20 June 2022
Built by a barrister from Bristol around 1610, seized by Ó Quin during the 1641 rebellion, an imprisoned Lady for 2yrs until her husband rescued…
Listowel Castle
Posted On: 5 June 2024
The last bastion of the Fitzmaurices. Listowel Castle stands on an elevation overlooking the River Feale, above the location of a strategic ford. Although…
Loughcrew Megalithic Cemetery
Posted On: 5 June 2024
A high point of Neolithic art and design. The Loughcrew Megalithic Cemetery, also known as the Hills of the Witch, are a group of…
Magheraglass Church
Posted On: 22 April 2024
The overgrown, low remains of a ruined medieval church stand on the site of a pre Norman church, the west wall incorporated into a…
Mahee Castle
Posted On: 15 June 2024
This tower-house, said to have been built in 1570 by an English soldier, Captain Browne, is badly ruined but is still of considerable interest.…
Mary Ann McElroy
Posted On: 5 September 2025
Believed to be Mary Ann McElroy (Wife of Packie Edward – nee McCaffrey and died in 1953) with two of her children looking out…
Maynooth Castle
Posted On: 5 June 2024
A glimpse of life in a Norman fortress. This majestic stone castle was founded in the early thirteenth century. It became the seat of…
McCaughey – Catherine
Posted On: 22 September 2025
Possibly one of the most instantly recognised and most used of Rose Shaws photos. This is believed to be a photo of Catherine (Cassie)…
McCaughey – Ellen & Mary
Posted On: 5 October 2025
Ellen and Mary McCaughey (Pagin) in the bog cutting turf with a turf spade.…
McCaughey – Margaret
Posted On: 5 September 2025
Believed to be Margaret McCaughey (aged 72 in 1911 census). Margaret occupation is quoted as a spinner, who lived opposite the Forth Chapel ballinagurragh,…
McCaughey – Mary & Ellen
Posted On: 5 October 2025
Mary and Ellen McCaughey (pagin McCaughey) who lived beyond current Paul Short homestead and locally known as James Peters lane which leads to Ann…
McCaughey – Mary and Ellen
Posted On: 5 September 2025
(Nickname Pagin). Often shared on Facebook by “Northern Ireland Historical Photographical society” from early 1900’s. In 1911 census both are registered as farmeress and…
McCaughey – Patrick and Catherine
Posted On: 5 October 2025
Patrick McCaughey (Paddy Pagin) and his wife Catherine (Cassie). Catherine was possibly nee McCarron from Lisbane old Monaghan Road. Joe Kelly may now owns…
McElroy – Francie
Posted On: 5 October 2025
Believed to be Francie McElroy’s (Paddy Arts) homestead, Ballymcann (now site of home of Sean (Paddy Art ) McElroy. Note the thatched roof which…
McElroy – Patrick & sons
Posted On: 5 September 2025
Patrick McElroy (Known locally as Packie Edward- sister of those in Photo Cassie Owney Keown (McKenna nee McElroy) with his sons. Patrick (Known as…
McElroys
Posted On: 5 October 2025
It is believed this photograph includes the Mcelroys (Arts) along with Mary Mcelroy. Paddy McCaughey (pagin) as in picture 27. However, no of the…
McGovern – Francis and Minnie
Posted On: 5 September 2025
“The Dance on the door of the house”- another taken from Rose Shaws book “Carltons County”. Francis (aged 17 in 1911 census)and Minnie (Mary…
McKenna – Ann, Catherine and Francis
Posted On: 5 September 2025
Another From Rose Shaws book “Carltons Country” labelled “Quit yer didoes, childher, and sit at rest” This is a photo of the children without…
McKenna – Anne and Francis
Posted On: 5 September 2025
Baby and sister- Believed to be baby Francis as in photographs of Anne, Catherine and Francis McKenna. It is believed the baby died aged…
McKenna – Cassie
Posted On: 5 September 2025
Cassie McKenna (Nickname- Owney Keown), A sister of man known locally as Packie Edward McElroy, with her baby in the cradle (Francis born November…
McKenna – Owen and Catherine
Posted On: 5 October 2025
This is possibly Owen McKenna with his wife Catherine and baby Annie in Ballyscally or it could be could be Paddy (Pagin) McCaughey. …
Monea Castle
Posted On: 13 May 2024
Monea Castle was built for Malcolm Hamilton and completed in 1619, the architecture shows its clear Scottish influences and Monea is one of the…
Motte and Bailey, Clones
Posted On: 22 December 2025
Clones Motte and Bailey was constructed in 1212AD. The site comprises a conical mound with a series of terraces and is surrounded by a…
Mountjoy Castle, Brockagh
Posted On: 12 May 2021
Mountjoy Castle, Brockagh – ‘the stolen fortress.’ See if you can find the smooth dips and grooves in the castle walls, probably used by soldiers in the…
Mullaghfad Church
Posted On: 28 February 2026
Mullaghfad Church of Ireland is located in a forest relatively far from major roads. Built in 1836 and part of the Ancient Pilgrim Route…
Nendrum Ecclesiastical Site
Posted On: 15 June 2024
Nendrum Ecclesiastical Site is the best example in Northern Ireland of a pre Norman ecclesiastical enclosure with its buildings. Nendrum is associated with St…
Newgrange, Knowth and Dowth
Posted On: 28 March 2024
Brú na Bóinne is famous for the spectacular prehistoric passage tombs of Knowth, Newgrange and Dowth which were built circa 3200BC. These ceremonial structures…
Newtownstewart Castle
Posted On: 22 April 2024
The castle stands at the top of a slope down to the River Strule, and is the third defensive site in this area, at…
O’Doherty’s Keep
Posted On: 19 August 2021
Sitting on the banks of the River Crana near Lough Swilly adjacent Swan Park and the Castle Bridge stands the remains of a former…
O’Hagan Graveyard, Donaghrisk
Posted On: 12 May 2021
Christian burials have taken place at this old walled graveyard for over 1500 years, it is associated with St Patrick and the name Donaghrisk…
O’Holland – Cormac
Posted On: 5 September 2025
Cormac O Holland- Seanchaí (Storyteller and Musician from Ballyscally ) Featured on Facebook “Indigenous story of America” “N Ireland Historical Photographical society” and Taken…
Old Castle Archdale
Posted On: 13 May 2024
The remains of Old Castle Archdale, Irvinestown are of a T-shaped house and bawn built for the English planter, John Archdale, on land granted…
Old Mellifont Abbey Monastic Site
Posted On: 5 June 2024
Ireland’s very first Cistercian foundation. Mellifont Abbey was the first Cistercian monastery in Ireland. St Malachy of Armagh created it in 1142 with the…
Ormond Castle
Posted On: 5 June 2024
A Tudor gem. Joined on to an earlier medieval riverside castle, Ormond Castle Carrick-on-Suir is the finest example of an Elizabethan manor house in…
Owld Owney
Posted On: 5 October 2025
In her book Rose Shaw has called this photograph “Owld Owney, the Bordherer”. No date when photo taken but there is a record of…
Parke’s Castle
Posted On: 5 June 2024
In the footsteps of planters and Gaels. Parke’s Castle occupies a striking setting on the northern shores of Lough Gill in County Leitrim. …
Portora Castle
Posted On: 13 May 2024
Portora Castle guards a former crossing point where the river joins Lough Erne. Built in 1613 by Sir William Cole, it consisted of a…
Portumna Castle
Posted On: 6 June 2024
Seventeenth-century splendour on the shores of Lough Derg. Built by the fourth earl of Clanricarde, Portumna Castle was the de Burgo family power base…
Rathcroghan
Posted On: 6 June 2024
Follow in the footsteps of Queen Medb at Connacht’s ancient capital. Tightly packed into a few square kilometres of the Roscommon landscape at Rathcroghan…
Rathfarnham Castle
Posted On: 6 June 2024
An inspiring Elizabethan castle within easy reach of Dublin City Centre. The castle at Rathfarnham dates back to the Elizabethan period. It was built…
Rathmullan Abbey
Posted On: 30 November 2025
Rathmullan Abbey was built between 1508 and 1516 by Ruaidhri MacSweeney and his wife Maire to honour their son Ruaidhri who died in 1508.…
Ray Church
Posted On: 13 May 2024
Just outside Falcarragh village in the parish of Raymunterdoney, Donegal, the ruins of Ray church can be found. Located beside the River Ray the…
Raymochy Abbey, Donegal
Posted On: 20 July 2021
Raymochy Abbey is located about 0.5km south of Manorcunningham village. Documentary sources indicate that St. Patrick brought Christianity to the area and founded the…
Red Bay Castle
Posted On: 14 September 2025
Red Bay Castle sits on a promontory north of Glenariff, between Cushendall and Waterfoot. Originally there was a motte-and-bailey fortification here, associated with the…
Reginald’s Tower
Posted On: 6 June 2024
Step inside Ireland’s oldest civic building. Once described as ‘a massive hinge of stone connecting the two outstretched wings of the city’ this tower…
Rock of Dunamase
Posted On: 26 June 2024
Stunning views of the surrounding countryside make the towering Rock of Dunamase a strategic place to build a fortress. Through the centuries, warriors have…
Roscommon Castle-South West Tower
Posted On: 6 June 2024
A dramatic and imposing thirteenth Century Norman Castle The location of Roscommon Castle was both strategic and symbolic. Connacht was one of the last…
Roscrea Castle, Gardens and Damer House/Black Mills
Posted On: 6 June 2024
A place of medieval might and eighteenth-century elegance. In the heart of Roscrea in County Tipperary, one of the oldest towns in Ireland, you…
Rose Shaw Photographs – stories of the local people
Posted On: 3 September 2025
Clogher Community Village Forum has carried out research to identify the local Clogher Valley people in Rose Shaw’s photographs. The Forum secured Rose Shaw…
Rose Shaw Photographs 1905
Posted On: 3 January 2025
Rose Shaw’s photographs take you back in time to show ordinary life in the Clogher Valley. Rose Shaw first came to the Clogher Valley,…
Rose Shaw Videos
Posted On: 23 June 2025
Find out the stories behind the Rose Shaw photographs! Local historian Katrina McCaughey and family members describe some of the family stories connect to…
Roslee Castle, Easky
Posted On: 20 June 2022
Roslee Castle was constructed in the year 1207 and built for Oliver McDonnell known as McDonnell of the Isles, the Islands between the coast of…
Ross Castle
Posted On: 6 June 2024
A lakeside citadel steeped in legend. Ross Castle perches in an inlet of Lough Leane. It is likely that the Irish chieftain O’Donoghue Mór…
Saint Mura’s Cross and Graveyard
Posted On: 7 June 2021
Saint Mura’s Graveyard stands on an ancient monastic site founded by Saint Mura in the 6th century. The Graveyard contains Saint Mura’s 7th century…
Sceilg Mhichíl UNESCO World Heritage Property
Posted On: 6 June 2024
An island monastery towering over the sea. The magnificent Skellig Michael is one of only two UNESCO World Heritage Sites in the Republic of…
Shane Barnagh Stables
Posted On: 28 February 2026
Shane Bearna and his Stables. Shane Barnagh’s Stables is a ruins in County Monaghan, Shane Barnagh’s Stables is situated nearby to the lake Shane…
Shevlin – Mary
Posted On: 5 September 2025
Mary Shevlin who married and lived “In Corrakibbert” as noted in Rose Shaws Book “Carleton Country”. Mary (nee Corrigan from Glenoo ,cooneen) believed to…
Shevlin – Mary
Posted On: 5 September 2025
This picture is included in Rose Shaws book again and noted as “In Corrakibbert”. It is believed to be taken over looking the house…
Sligo Abbey
Posted On: 6 June 2024
Where friars’ prayers echo among the ruins. The Dominican priory known as Sligo Abbey has dominated Sligo’s eastern district since the town was founded…
Springhill House and Estate
Posted On: 16 January 2025
Springhill is a 17th-century plantation house in the townland of Ballindrum near Moneymore, County Londonderry in Northern Ireland. It has been the property of…
St Daig’s monastery
Posted On: 22 November 2025
The remains of St Daig’s monastery at Inniskeen are to be found in the church cemetery. The first reference to the existence of a…
St Macartan’s Cathedral, Clogher
Posted On: 25 June 2024
According to tradition a monastery and bishopric were founded in Clogher circa 490 by St Macartan on the orders of St Patrick. In 1041,…
St Macartan’s Church (Forth Chapel)
Posted On: 16 January 2025
St Macartan’s Church (Forth Chapel), Augher was constructed between 1838-46 and is grade B+ listed. The Chapel is notable for its stained glass windows,…
St McCartan’s – The Clogh-Oir or Golden Stone
Posted On: 15 September 2025
This stone is known as the Clogh-Oir or Golden Stone from which Clogher may have derived its name. The Clogh-Oir was one of the…
St McCartan’s High Crosses
Posted On: 15 September 2025
It is generally accepted that the early monastic site at Clogher was established in the 5th century by St Macartan , a follower of…
St McCartan’s Sundial
Posted On: 15 September 2025
This monument is often described as the Sundial. The shaft is decorated with a continuous interlaced broad-band. Above the band at the widest part…
St Peter & Paul’s Abbey – The Wee Abbey
Posted On: 22 December 2025
Clones Abbey is a ruined monastery that later became an Augustinian abbey in the twelfth century, and its main sights are ecclesiastical. The Wee…
St Peter & Paul’s Abbey – The Wee Abbey
Posted On: 22 November 2025
“The Wee Abbey” is the local name for the ruined 12th-century Augustinian abbey in Clones, County Monaghan, Ireland, officially named the Abbey of SS…
St Tigernach, Patron Saint of Clones, Bishop of Clogher
Posted On: 16 May 2025
Clones owes its importance to the monastery that was founded by St Tigernach (Tiarnach), and around which the town grew. Clones is St.Tiarnach’s town.…
St Tighernach’s Holy Well
Posted On: 1 March 2026
St Tighernach’s Well is located in a field on the western edge of Clones Town. The simple stone-lined well measures approx. 60cm by 60cm…