Clonmacnoise viewed from the River Shannon

The monastery of Clonmacnoise (Cluain Mhic Nóis in Irish, meaning "Meadow of the Sons of Nós") is situated in County Offaly, Ireland on the River Shannon south of Athlone. Image File history File links Download high resolution version (1840x802, 233 KB)Clonmacnois viewed from the river File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... Image File history File links Download high resolution version (1840x802, 233 KB)Clonmacnois viewed from the river File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... Monastery of St. ... Statistics Province: Leinster County Town: Tullamore Code: OY Area: 1,999 km² Population (2006) 70,604 Website: www. ... The River Shannon (Irish: Sionainn), Irelands longest river, divides the West of Ireland (mostly the province of Connaught) from the east and south (Leinster and most of Munster). ... WGS-84 (GPS) Coordinates: 53. ...

Foundation

Clonmacnoise was founded in 545 by Saint Ciarán at the point where the major east-west land route through the bogs of central Ireland along the Eiscir Riada, an esker or moraine left by the receding glaciers of the last ice age crossed the River Shannon. Saint Ciarán had been educated by Saint Diarmuid of Clonard and Saint Finian. For other uses, see 545 (disambiguation). ... Saint Ciaran of Clonmacnoise was an early Irish bishop. ... Virgin boreal acid bogs at Browns Lake Bog, Ohio A bog is a wetland type that accumulates peat, a deposit of dead plant material. ... Eskers are long, winding ridges of stratified sand and gravel which occur in glaciated and formerly glaciated regions of Europe and North America. ... Moraine at Mono Lake, California, United States Moraines clearly seen on a side glacier of the Gorner Glacier, Zermatt, Switzerland. ... Variations in CO2, temperature and dust from the Vostok ice core over the last 400 000 years For the animated movie, see Ice Age (movie). ... Clonard Abbey (Irish, Cluain Eraird, or Cluain Iraird, Erards Meadow) was an early medieval monastery situated on the River Boyne, just beside the traditional boundary line of the northern and southern halves of Ireland in modern County Meath. ... Finnian may refer to: Saint Finnian of Moville (495–589), Christian missionary to Ireland. ...

Shortly after his arrival, Ciarán met Diarmait mac Cerbaill who helped him build the first church — a small wooden structure and the first of many small churches to be clustered on the site. Diarmuid was to claim the title of the first Christian High King of Ireland. Diarmait mac Cerbaill (died c. ... It has been suggested that this article or section be merged into Christianity. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ...

Ciaran died about one year later of the yellow plague; he was in his early thirties. This article is about the disease. ...

Buildings and High Crosses

1. Temple Finghín. Romanesque church with round tower. 12th century. Vandalism of this church in 1864 by a person from Birr on a 'pleasure party' to the Seven Churches (as Clonmacnoise was then often termed), led to a landmark case when a prosecution was brought against the vandal by the Crown, due to the activity of the Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland. The remains of the funds which had been raised for the prosecution were later used by the Society to repair the cap of the church's tower, which was in need of conservation.
2. Temple Connor. Church used by the Church of Ireland since the 18th century.

Temple Finghin with its attached round tower

1. Round Tower. The Chronicum Scotorum, records that it was finished in 1124 by Turlough O'Connor, king of Connacht, and Gilla Christ Ua Maoileoin, abbot of Clonmacnoise. 11 years later it was struck by lightning, which knocked off the head of the tower. The upper part of the tower is later work, so there is some speculation that the masonry thus toppled in the storm of 1135 may have been reused in the building of Temple Finghín.
2. North Cross. Oldest of the four crosses. Created around 800 A.D. Only the sandstone shaft and base survive. The base is a former millstone.
3. Temple Kelly.
4. Temple Ciarán. At 2.8 by 3.8 metres, the smallest church in Clonmacnoise. Believed to contain the grave of the founder St. Ciaran.
5. Cross of the Scriptures. This 4-metre high sandstone cross is one of the most skillfully executed of the surviving high crosses in Ireland, and of particular interest for its surviving inscription, which asks a prayer for Flann, King of Ireland, and Colmán who made the cross, both individuals who were also responsible for the building of the Cathedral. The cross was carved from a single piece of sandstone around 900 A.D. The surface of the cross has been divided into panels, showing scenes including the Crucifixion, the Last Judgement, and Christ in the Tomb.

Clonmacnoise Castle

1. Cathedral (or daimliag in Irish, meaning literally "stone church", to distinguish it from the earlier wooden buildings). Built in 909 (Chronicum Scotorum) by Flann Sianna, King of Tara and Abbot Colmán, although the west doorway is a later insertion of c.1180, and the north doorway, often called Dean Odo's doorway from its incription dates to the mid-15th century and is Gothic in style. It is the largest of the churches at Clonmacnoise. Rory O'Connor, the last High King of Ireland, was buried near the alter in 1198.
2. Temple Melaghlin. Built around 1200 A.D..
3. Museum Buildings
4. South Cross.
5. Temple Dowling. Built in the 11th century. Named after Edmund Dowling, who renovated it in 1689.
6. Temple Hurpan. Built in the 17th century.
7. Entrance

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The Fairy's or Horseman's Stone

Near the Chapel of Clonfinlough at Clonmacnoise there are several limestone boulders, one of which is called the Fairy's or Horseman's Stone. It has many cup-shaped hollows, crosses, daggers, and a pair of human feet (an example of a Petrosomatoglyph) possibly connected with the inauguration of celtic chieftans. Dunadd in Scotland has a well-known example of this celtic tradition. A footprint carved into the rock on Dunadd in Argyll. ... Dunadd is an Iron Age hillfort near Kilmartin in Argyll, Scotland. ...

References

King, Heather A (1998). Clonmacnoise Studies Vol.1. Duchas & Wordwell. ISBN 0-7076-5098-4.  King, Heather A (2003). Clonmacnoise Studies Vol.2. Dept of the Environment, Heritage & Local Government & Wordwell. ISBN 0-7557-1793-7.  The Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government is the senior minister at the Department of the Environment, Heritage and Local Government (An Roinn Comhshaoil, Oidhreacht agus Rialtais Áitiúil) in the Irish Government. ...

Graves, James (1864-66). "Proceedings". Journal of the Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland 8: 109-113, 174-9. The Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland is a learned society based in Ireland, whose aims are to preserve, examine and illustrate all ancient monuments and memorials of the arts, manners and customs of the past, as connected with the antiquities, language, literature and history of Ireland. Founded in 1849...

Clonmacnoise Visitors' Guide, published by Duchas, The Heritage Service.

Coordinates: 53°19′26″N, 7°59′28″W Map of Earth showing lines of latitude (horizontally) and longitude (vertically), Eckert VI projection; large version (pdf, 1. ...