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. …
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
Tattykeel Standing Stone
Posted On: 22 April 2024
This single shapely standing stone stands 2.15m high. Source and image credit: Communities NI…
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…
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…
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…
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,…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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.…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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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Posted On: 5 October 2025
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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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Posted On: 5 October 2025
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Posted On: 22 September 2025
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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…
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…