holy sites of ireland

Durrow

County Offaly

St Columba founded a monastery here c 556. There is a 10C High Cross, a 10/11C Cross Slab, a Cross Base and a Holy Well. The Book of Durrow was made here

OS 48 321 307

see C O’Brien Stories from a Sacred Landscape ch 8

see: Irish Monasticism, Cross Slabs and High Crosses, Holy Wells and Holy Trees


high cross

High Cross

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