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St Tighernach’s Church of Ireland, Clones

Posted On: 22 December 2025


St Tighernach’s Church of Ireland was built between 1823 and 1825. It replaced an old church which was in very poor structural condition.  …

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St Tighernach’s Sarcophagus/ Tomb

Posted On: 22 November 2025


In the shadow of the 10th-11th century Round Tower in St Tierney’s graveyard in Clones stands a stone tomb shrine believed to be a…

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St. Eachaidh’s Church, Drumard

Posted On: 1 March 2026


The ancient church is believed to date back to the fifth century and may once have formed portion of a small monastery. The site…

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St. Lurach’s Church

Posted On: 28 February 2026


The present day ruins of St. Lurach’s Church date back to the 10th Century and it stands on the 6th Century monastery founded by…

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St. Mary’s Abbey – Chapter House – Cistercian Monastery

Posted On: 6 June 2024


The ruins of one of the largest and most important monasteries in medieval Ireland. Founded in 1139, St. Mary’s Abbey was one of the…

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St. Michael’s Old Church, Clonoe

Posted On: 12 May 2021


Welcome to St Michael’s Church in the parish of Clonoe in east Tyrone. On this roadway at the beginning of July 1602 soldiers commanded…

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St. Tiarnach’s Sarcophagus (House Shrine)

Posted On: 22 December 2025


There are differing Points of view on the sarcophagus that sits at the foot of the round tower. Lets have a look at a few. The…

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Tattykeel Standing Stone

Posted On: 22 April 2024


This single shapely standing stone stands 2.15m high. Source and image credit: Communities NI…

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The Bard’s Grave Desertcreat Church

Posted On: 12 May 2021


The Bard’s Grave – the final resting place of one of the most revered poets and Bishops of the Penal Days, who disguised himself…

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The Battery, Rathmullan

Posted On: 30 November 2025


The Battery, Rathmullan is a 19th-century coastal fortification located on the shoreline of Rathmullan, County Donegal, Ireland, overlooking Lough Swilly. “The Battery” refers to…

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The Battle of Clones 1643 – Owen Roe O’Neill

Posted On: 15 March 2026


The Battle of Clones In 1607 Hugh O’Neill, Earl of Tyrone left Ireland for Europe with many other powerful Gaelic chiefs in what became…

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The Cassandra Hand Folk & Famine Centre

Posted On: 22 November 2025


The Cassandra Hand Folk & Famine Centre is located in the old Round Tower School situated in the historic town of Clones, Co. Monaghan,…

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The Church of the Holy Family of Nazareth of Aghintain

Posted On: 29 January 2026


The Church of the Holy Family of Nazareth of Aghintain is one of the first church built after the penal times in Ireland. It…

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The Courthouse, Clones

Posted On: 22 December 2025


Is it any wonder that the renowned novelist James Joyce occasionally found inspiration for his writing in an Irish courthouse? In the days before…

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The Five Round Towers of Mayo

Posted On: 26 June 2024


There are five Round-Towers in Mayo, situated at Aughagower, Balla, Killala, Meelick, and Turlough. Generally, these enigmatic monuments were built in an era covering…

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The Flight of the Earls, Rathmullan

Posted On: 15 September 2025


After the Nine Years’ War (1594–1603), the leading Gaelic lords of Ulster, Hugh O’Neill, Earl of Tyrone, and Rory O’Donnell, Earl of Tyrconnell (brother…

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The High Cross, Clones

Posted On: 22 December 2025


The Diamond, a name given to many market places throughout Ulster. It features several distinguished 19th century buildings. George Knight on The High Cross…

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The Main Guard

Posted On: 6 June 2024


A courthouse with centuries of history under its arches. In the seventeenth century County Tipperary was a palatinate, ruled by James Butler, duke of…

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The Market House

Posted On: 9 December 2025


The Market House, Clones, is a fine symmetrical building designed by William Deane Butler. It was originally built as a market house and the…

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The Rock of Cashel

Posted On: 6 June 2024


The high king of Irish monuments. Set on a dramatic outcrop of limestone in the Golden Vale, The Rock of Cashel, iconic in its…

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The Round Tower, Clones

Posted On: 22 December 2025


The round tower at Clones would have originally stood at almost 23 metres in height, including the conical cap, which is now sadly missing.…

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The Siege of Derry

Posted On: 13 May 2024


The siege of Derry in 1689 was the first major event in the Williamite War in Ireland. The Siege of Derry began when King…

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Three County Hollow

Posted On: 28 February 2026


The Three-County Hollow (Tyrone–Fermanagh–Monaghan) is a rural area in Sleabh Beagh and the point where the three counties meet, is referred to as the…

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Tierney – Cassie, Sarah & Patrick

Posted On: 5 October 2025


The Tierney family Cassie Tierney, (left), her sister Sarah Tierney and their father Patrick Tierney stooking corn. Patrick is using a “Stroke” to sharpen…

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Tierney – Children

Posted On: 5 October 2025


These are believed to be the Tierney Children off to Corleaghan school which is the building on the left hand side. The building is…

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Tierney – Minnie

Posted On: 5 September 2025


It is believed this is Minnie Tierney (aged 5 in 1911 census so photo taken @ 1917) in the bog with a creel of…

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Time Team Dig, Castle, Hill of O’Neill

Posted On: 7 June 2021


There is no better place to understand the history of Ulster – and, latterly, Northern Ireland – than Castle Hill, Dungannon, for it is…

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Tintern Abbey

Posted On: 6 June 2024


Where monks toiled and legacies were created. This Cistercian monastery was founded c. 1200 by William, Earl Marshal on lands held through his marriage…

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Trim Castle

Posted On: 6 June 2024


The ultimate symbol of Norman glory. Few places in Ireland contain more medieval buildings than the heritage town of Trim. Trim Castle is foremost…

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Tullaghoge Fort, Cookstown

Posted On: 31 March 2021


Tullaghoge Fort, Cookstown ‘The mound of warriors” Welcome to the inauguration site of the O’Neill clan, once upon a time, the largest clan in…

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Tully Castle

Posted On: 13 May 2024


Tully Castle is a fortified house and bawn set on Tully Point. It was built for Sir John Hume who occupied the house until…

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Unknown

Posted On: 5 October 2025


Unknown…

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Unknown

Posted On: 5 October 2025


Unknown. Possibly Ann Holland Gamekeeper? It could be an imposter photo of another photographer of the time PG HUNT taken around 1910.…

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Unknown

Posted On: 5 October 2025


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Unkown

Posted On: 22 September 2025


To be identified ……

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Wesleyan Church, Clones

Posted On: 22 December 2025


To the back of a property half way down Cara Street stand the remains of a Methodist Chapel which was built circa 1775 After…

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White Island Church and Figures

Posted On: 13 May 2024


A small ruined church dating from around 1200 lies within the large earthwork enclosure of a pre-Norman church. Nothing is known of the early…

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