Our hope is to provide information and photographs of every site where there are some visible remains related to the early Church in Ireland. This means, very approximately, up to AD 1100

We hope that the photographs and map references will encourage you to visit these places. The names of saints connected to them, where known, are also given.

We hope that acquaintance with those who lived and prayed in these places will stimulate a sense of unity so much needed among the churches today.

Click on the name of a county and then on the name of a place.

Do look at the Special Pages on:

First Arrrivals, St Patrick, Irish Monasticism, Holy Wells and Holy Trees, Ancient Stones, Sacred Mountains, High Crosses and Cross Slabs, Irish Hermits and Tomb Shrines, Round Towers, The Character of Irish Christianity

Completion of the database will need much local help. If you have a photograph of something you would like included please contact frjohn@orthodoxcumbria.org.

Use of this Material is encouraged for non-profit and educational purposes, and also welcomes commercial use, with permission, unless otherwise copyrighted by others.

The author wishes to acknowledge the contributions of

• Anthony Weir Field Guide and Photographs, www.IrishMegaliths.org.uk
• Tom Fourwinds Prehistoric and Early Ireland, www.megalithomania.com
• Jim Dempsey Megalithic Ireland, www.megalithicireland.com
• Tom Nelligan, thestandingstone.ie
• Aiden Clarke, Westport, Co Mayo
• Anthony Previte: A Guide to Connemara's Early Christian Sites
• John Corcoran, Listowel, Co Kerry

See also www.orthodoxcumbria.org under 'British Isles' for 3 photographic essays on the early church in Ireland.