Discovering Ancient Clonmacnoise | County Offaly, Ireland
You've seen the Henny in the Sky vid on Clonmacnoise, now dive a little deeper and learn all about the history of one of Ireland's most important places in this Clonmacnoise Travel Vlog!
Nestled in the heart of Ireland and up against the country's longest river sits Clonmacnoise, an ancient monastery. It was founded sometime in the mid-6th century and was a mecca of Irish learning, craftsmanship, culture and religion.
It's absolutely beautiful and well worth the trip!
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Clonmacnoise Monastic Site - Athlone - County Offaly - Ireland
Monastère de Clonmacnoise - Athlone - Comté d'Offaly - Irlande
Coordonnées GPS: 53°19'33.9N 7°59'13.5W
Ses débuts remontent au VIe siècle. Une église a d'abord été construite. Par la suite, au fil des siècles, plusieurs autres bâtiments ont été érigés autour de l'église et ont ainsi formé un petit village qui deviendra un important centre universitaire et religieux jusqu'au XIIe siècle.
Le monastère avait une si grande renommée que de nombreux rois ont décidé d'être enterrés sur ce site.
Dès notre arrivée, on peut d'ores et déjà avoir un excellent aperçu de la splendeur que devait avoir ce centre à cette époque aussi lointaine.
De plus, le monastère a été érigé au bord de la rivière Shannon, ce qui ajoute au charme de l'endroit.
Le site comprend une cathédrale, plusieurs églises, deux tours rondes, trois hautes croix celtiques ainsi que plusieurs autres éléments.
Il y a également un petit musée dans le centre des visiteurs. A ne pas manquer. On y présente entre autres un petit film qui raconte l'histoire du site.
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The monastery of Clonmacnoise (Cluain Mhic Nóis in Irish, meaning Meadow of the Sons of Nós, or perhaps, albeit less likely, Cluain Muccu Nóis Meadow of the Pigs of Nós) is situated in County Offaly, Ireland on the River Shannon south of Athlone.
Clonmacnoise was founded in 544 by St. Ciarán, a young man from Rathcroghan, Co. Roscommon.[1] (Not to be confused or conflated with St. Ciarán of Saigir, patron of Osraige.) Until the 9th century it had close associations with the kings of Connacht. The strategic location of the monastery helped it become a major centre of religion, learning, craftsmanship, and trade by the 9th century and together with Clonard it was the most famous in Ireland, visited by scholars from all over Europe. From the ninth until the eleventh century it was allied with the kings of Meath. Many of the high kings of Tara and Connacht were buried here.
In the modern day, the site stands as a preserved ruin under the management of the Office of Public Works. An interpretive center and facilities for visitors have been built around the site, which is open to the public for a fee. The graveyard surrounding the site continues to be in use and religious services are held regularly on the site in a modern chapel.
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Saint Saran's Well and Clonmacnoise County Offaly, Ireland
The monastery of Clonmacnoise is situated in County Offaly, Ireland on the River Shannon south of Athlone. Clonmacnoise was founded in 544 by St. Ciarán, a young man from Rathcroghan, Co. Roscommon.
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- View out window, Clonmacnoise by Ahartry from a blog titled Trip to the Heartland
- Paul at podium, Clonmacnoise by Ahartry from a blog titled Trip to the Heartland
- Gravestones at Clonmacnoise by Ahartry from a blog titled Trip to the Heartland
- Stone cross, Clonmacnoise by Ahartry from a blog titled Trip to the Heartland
- Church of Clonmacnoise by Ahartry from a blog titled Trip to the Heartland
- Tower at Clonmacnoise by Ahartry from a blog titled Trip to the Heartland
- Cow of Clonmacnoise by Ahartry from a blog titled Trip to the Heartland
- Clonmacnoise by Franpaul.os from a blog titled Churches, Castles & Ruins
Clonmacnoise Castle, Co. Offaly, Ireland
Clonmacnoise Castle is next to the site of the monastery of Clonmacnoise, situated in County Offaly, Ireland on the River Shannon south of Athlone.
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The monastery of Clonmacnoise - Cluain Mhic Nóis in Irish meaning Meadow of the Sons of Nós or perhaps albeit less likely Cluain Muccu Nóis Meadow of the Pigs of Nós - is situated in County Offaly within the heart of Ireland on the River Shannon south of Athlone.
Saint Ciarán met Diarmait Uí Cerbaill (Lord O'Carroll of Ely) helped him build the first church at the site. This was a small wooden structure and the first of many small churches to be clustered on the site. Diarmuid was to be the first Christian crowned High King of Ireland. In September 544 not yet thirty-three years of age Ciarán died of a plague and was reportedly buried under the original wooden church now the site of the 9th century stone oratory Temple Ciarán.
Clonmacnoise was founded in 544 by St. Ciarán a young man from Rathcroghan Co. Roscommon - not to be confused or conflated with St. Ciarán of Saigir patron of Osraige. Until the 9th century it had close associations with the kings of Connacht. The strategic location of the monastery helped it become a major centre of religion learning craftsmanship and trade by the 9th century and together with Clonard it was the most famous in Ireland visited by scholars from all over Europe. From the ninth until the eleventh century it was allied with the kings of Meath. Many of the high kings of Tara and Connacht were buried here.
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The Carroll of Ely principality in the centre of Ireland in King's County was situated in the ancient province of Munster on the borders of Queen's County and the Lord Marshal of Leinster Estates. The Lord Marshal and Carroll of Ely = FIXED PLACE LINE = known as = THE PALE = documented in 1206 which defined the strategic valley southern border boundary between Celtic Ireland and the Anglo-Norman Settlements within the province of Leinster in Ireland.
The Annals of the Four Masters state that the Carrolls of Ely had close family links with the Marshal family and with the English Plantagenet Realm together with Robert and Edward Bruce of Scotland. Isabella Marshal heiress of the great Marshal Irish Estates born 9th October 1200 folklore mystery surrounds Donoch O'Carroll of Ely and Isabella Marshal whose grandmother was descended from the Prince's of Ireland Carrolls of Ely. The Temple Church London is the final resting place of Lord Marshal of Leinster Earl of Pembroke and his first born son William. Richard Marshal 3rd Earl of Pembroke lost his life in Ireland in a fierce battle along side Lord Teige O'Carroll of Ely.
The first Lord Chief Justice was enshrined in English common law under King Henry III who assumed the crown under the regency of the legendary William Marshal 1st Earl of Pembroke Lord of Leinster Marshal of England and protector of the crown. Henry III attended a service at the Temple Church in London for the life of Lord Marshal following his death on 14 May 1219 where his effigy can still be seen to this day.
The Vatican City: Popes have generally resided within the Vatican City since the return from Avignon France in 1377. Lord Teige O'Carroll of Ely after attending the Court of King Richard II of England at Westminster Hall in 1391 then attended the Papal Court in 1392. In 1395 Lord Teige O'Carroll defeated the forces of King Richard II which had invaded Ely under the command of the King's cousin Roger Mortimer Earl of March. The Kingdom of Ely and the O'Carrolls had withstood the most powerful army in the world and repelled them out of their territory thus retaining the integrity of the ancient principality of Elie in the centre of Ireland until 1690.
The Carroll Foundation Maryland Trust is a major international philanthropic and industrial institution founded by the Carroll family who were members of the founding fathers of the United States of America. Charles Carroll of Carrollton a signer of the Declaration of Independence Daniel Carroll settlor of the families Duddington Estate lands which became the foundation of what is known today as US Capitol Hill Washington DC and Archbishop John Carroll the founding father of Georgetown University which is known throughout the world as one of the finest learning establishments.
The Carroll Foundation Trust has over fifty charities including the Oxford University seat of the Carroll Chair of Irish History the US Capitol Hill Historical Society with the Carroll Institute and the Leap Castle Trust County Offaly Ireland.
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Clonmacnoise - Offaly - Ireland
The monastery of Clonmacnoise (Cluain Mhic Nóis in Irish, meaning Meadow of the Sons of Nós, or perhaps, albeit less likely, Cluain Muccu Nóis Meadow of the Pigs of Nós) is situated in County Offaly, Ireland on the River Shannon south of Athlone.
Clonmacnoise was founded in 544 by St. Ciarán, a young man from Rathcroghan, Co. Roscommon. (Not to be confused or conflated with St. Ciarán of Saigir, patron of Osraige.) Until the 9th century it had close associations with the kings of Connacht. The strategic location of the monastery helped it become a major centre of religion, learning, craftsmanship, and trade by the 9th century and together with Clonard it was the most famous in Ireland, visited by scholars from all over Europe. From the ninth until the eleventh century it was allied with the kings of Meath. Many of the high kings of Tara and Connacht were buried here.
In the modern day, the site stands as a preserved ruin under the management of the Office of Public Works. An interpretive center and facilities for visitors have been built around the site, which is open to the public for a fee. The graveyard surrounding the site continues to be in use and religious services are held regularly on the site in a modern chapel.
Shortly after his arrival with seven companions – at the point where the major east-west land route through the bogs of central Ireland along the Eiscir Riada, an esker left by the receding glaciers of the last ice age crossed the River Shannon – Saint Ciarán met Diarmait Uí Cerbaill who helped him build the first church at the site. This was a small wooden structure and the first of many small churches to be clustered on the site. Diarmuid was to be the first Christian crowned High King of Ireland. In September 544, not yet thirty-three years of age, Ciarán died of a plague, and was reportedly buried under the original wooden church, now the site of the 9th century stone oratory, Temple Ciarán.
According to Adomnan of Iona, who referenced the testimony of earlier abbots of Iona who had known Columba, St Columba visited the monastery at Clonmacnoise during the time when he was founding the monastery at Durrow. While he was there he prophesied about the future debates in the churches of Ireland about the dating of Easter and claimed that angels had visited the monastery at Clonmacnoise. While he was there, there was a young monk named Ernéne mac Craséni (who would later be famous in Ireland) who tried to touch Columba's clothes while Columba was not looking, but the saint immediately noticed and grabbed the boy by the neck, and then told him to open his mouth and he blessed him, saying that he would teach the doctrine of salvation; the boy was Ernéne mac Craséni, who would later be a great monk in Ireland.
Towards the close of the seventh century a plague carried off a large number of its students and professors.[1] Clonmacnoise's period of greatest growth came between the 8th and 12th centuries. It was attacked frequently during these four centuries, mostly by the Irish (at least 27 times), the Vikings (at least 7 times) and Normans (at least 6 times). The early wooden buildings began to be replaced by more durable stone structures in the 9th century, and the original population of fewer than ten men grew to perhaps 1,500 to 2,000 by the 11th century. Artisans associated with the site created some of the most beautiful and enduring artworks in metal and stone ever seen in Ireland, with the Clonmacnoise Crozier (on display in the National Museum of Ireland) and the Cross of the Scriptures representing the apex of their efforts.
In the 12th century Clonmacnoise began to decline. The reasons were varied, but without doubt the most debilitating factor was the growth of the town of Athlone to the north of the site from the late-12th century. Athlone became the main trading town for the midlands of Ireland, the most popular route for crossing the Shannon, as well as the best-defended settlement in the region. People migrated north from Clonmacnoise to Athlone, and with the fall in population went much of the support that the site needed to survive, and former allies began to recognise the decline in the site's influence. The influx of continental religious orders such as the Franciscans, Augustinians, Benedictines, Cluniacs, etc. around the same time fed into this decline as numerous competing sites began to crop up. Ireland's move from a monastic framework to a diocesan one in the twelfth century similarly diminished the site's religious standing, as it was designated the seat of a small and impoverished diocese.
The monastery ruins were one of the stops on the itinerary of Pope John Paul II during his visit to Ireland in 1979.
Clonmacnoise, Offaly, Ireland
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Clonmacnoise is a monastic site near Shannonbridge, County Offaly, on the Ireland Ancient East route. Founded by St Ciaran in the mid-6th century, today it is a preserved ruin where you can see 3 original high crosses, a cathedral, seven churches and two round towers.
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The monastery of Clonmacnoise on the banks of the river Shannon in Ireland was founded in the 6th century. It is a popular destination for overseas visitors.
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Thanks to all my friends who showed me around and thanks to Saint Mary's College and their study abroad program in Ireland for letting me tag along!
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