monuments ireland

The name Ballycastle derives from two Gaelic Words. 'baile' which means town or village, and 'Caisleain', which means a castle. The Castle from which the town got its name stood alongside the church in the Diamond....

Donaghmore, site of an Early Christian settlement. A fine round tower from the tenth century remains. The doorway, twelve feet from the ground, has inclined jambs and a semicircular head; on the keystone is scultpured a figure of a crucified christ, and on each side of the architrave is a sculptured human head. There are also some remains of a 15th century church near by....

On Grand Parade, also once a waterway, stands the grandiose National Monument , recalling the Irish patriots who died between 1798 and 1867. Bishop Lucey Park, off Grand Parade, has a section of city walls and a fine gatewary from the old cornmarket....

Dublin's widest and principal thoroughfare, O'Connell Street takes its name from the leader of the Catholic Emancipation movement, Daniel O'Connell. It has undergone several tranformations since it was first developed in the early eighteenth century by Henry Moore as Drogheda Street. Dublin owes much to Luke Gardiner and to Bartholomew Mosse, who between them planned the transformation of the street into a grand new avenue.
Badly damaged in the 1916 Rising and in the civil war of 1922...

There may have been an early Christian monastery in the valley where, according to tradition, St. Colmcille banished demons who enveloped the valley in a fog. The most conspicuous remains are the pillars decorated with cross-motifs and geometric designs which are now the  'stations of the cross' of the pilgrimage which takes place on the Saint's feastday on June 9th. The pillars are spread over an area in the valley 3.5 miles long and the pilgrimage takes as many hours to complete.
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John Barry Memorial - Gazing out to sea, opposite the tourist office in the Crescent, is the fine figure in bronze of Commodore John Barry - father of the American Navy. Born in Wexford, he went to sea as a boy and settled in the United States. During the American War of Independence he became a naval hero and was made Commander-in-chief of the Navy in 1797. He is buried in St. Mary's Churchyard in Pennsylvania, U.S.A. The statue was presented to Ireland by the U.S. government to honour the o...

This beautiful and peaceful parkland set amidst the heart of the city is home to the commemorative statue of Sir Alexander Ferguson MP. This statue was erected to mark his place in history as being Derry's first representative Member of Parliament at Westminster London. The statue is commonly known as the Black Man. Location : At foot of Brooke Park Open All year / Winter daylight hours / Summer 8:00am - 8pm...

This national monument is named after Saints Fursa, Conall, Bearchan and Breandan of Birr. It stands near the village of Cowrugh, 1km west of Eochaill, and is a small 15th century building. Outside there is an enclosure called - Leaba an Cheathrair - on which there are four great flagstones, marking the graves of the saints, while to the south of the church is a holy well.

A few fields west are graves marked by plain pillar stones: also in the vicinity is the ruinous Clochan an Phuca,...

The Mussenden Temple, whose domed outline is a cliff-top landmark, is one of the most photographed monuments in Ireland....