holy sites of ireland

Moone

County Kildare

The monastery here belonged to the federation of the monks of St Columba, though the earliest evidence we have of it is 10C. There is a splendid High Cross 17 feet high plus fragments of others

OS 790 927 marked

see: www.megalithicireland.com - High Cross Moone

see: Irish Monasticism, Cross Slabs and High Crosses


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