Insights
Inside the abandoned churchyard of St. Mulins, County Carlow
The village of St. Mullins sits at a quiet bend of the River Barrow where it meets a smaller tributary in the shadow of the Blackstairs Mountains. Tucked…
Carved in stone: the medieval cross slab of Clonmacnoise
On a low rise above the River Shannon, where the call of curlews drifts across bog cotton in summer, the monastic enclosure of Clonmacnoise holds one of…
Skull and crossbones on Irish gravestones: what they really mean
Walking through an old Irish cemetery, you will eventually spot a headstone carved with a skull resting on crossed thigh bones. For many visitors, the image…
The Sleeping Warrior Tomb of County Clare and the Legend That Endures
East of the market town of Tulla in County Clare, a long limestone ridge rises gently out of the drumlin farmland. From the south-west, at the right hour, its…