Inside the bell chamber of St Flannan's Cathedral, Killaloe, Ireland
View inside the bell chamber of St Flannan's Cathedral, Killaloe. Unlike the usual swinging bell arrangement, the bells here are in a fixed position. The bells are rung by pulling on the ropes attached to the clapper of each bell. Whilst this is not the traditional method of ringing church bells it does mean that the bells can all be rung by just one person and also facilitates the playing of simple tunes. For more information on the bells or St Flannan's go the website:
Chiming the bells of St Flannan's Cathedral, Killaloe, Ireland
Chiming on the bells of St Flannan's Cathedral, Killaloe, Ireland. The bells can be heard on most Sundays at just past 11.am. The bells are rung for Sunday worship and on other occasions such as weddings and other special services through out the year. Unlike the more traditional peels of bells to found in churches throughout the UK and Ireland, these bells are arranged in a chime in order that one person can ring all the bells as opposed to the 6, 8 or more ringers required to ring a full peel of bells. This is useful for churches with small congregations such as St Flannan's. For more information on the bells, go to
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Killaloe - St Flannans Graveyard...
No interior shots of the Cathedral - just a walk around the graveyard.
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St. Flannan's Cathedral has been in continuous use since it was built c. 1200. Among its many fine features is the imposing east window. Donal Mór O'Brien erected the first cathedral which was destroyed by Cathal Carrach of Connaught in 1185. At the time of the Reformation the cathedral became a Protestant one and its first Protestant bishop appointed in 1570 was Murtogh O' Brien-Arra. He ruled his diocese for thirty-six years and died in 1613. The tower was increased in height in the late 18th century and was again altered in 1892 when a peal of bells was installed. (from Discover Killaloe - link above)
No Place Like Home played on the bells of St Flannan's, Killaloe, Ireland
No Place Like Home played on the bells of the Cathedral church of St Flannan's, Killaloe, Ireland.
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Sunday morning bells /Killaloe Co Clare 2019
County Clare's Kilfenora Cathedral and High Crosses
From Wikipedia: Kilfenora Cathedral is a former Roman Catholic cathedral, part of which is now used as a place of worship by the Church of Ireland. It is located in the village of Kilfenora, in the region known as the Burren, County Clare, Ireland. In medieval times it was the episcopal see of the Bishop of Kilfenora. According to tradition, the ecclesial presence at Kilfenora began with Saint Fachanan, who founded a church here in the 6th century. The first building was probably made of wood and followed by a stone construction. That church was burned down in 1055 by Murchad O'Brien. It was rebuilt between 1056 and 1058, only to be plundered in 1079 and then destroyed by an accidental fire in 1100. Kilfenora Cathedral is dedicated to St. Fachtna (also St. Fachanan or St. Fachtnan) and the present structure dates to between 1189 and 1200. It was built in the so-called transitional style with a nave and a chancel. These were later separated and by 1839, thirty-six feet of the east end were roofless.
High Crosses: Although tradition maintains that there were once seven crosses, only the remains of five of them were extant in modern times (plus one from post-reformation times). Three of those, including the one known as the Doorty Cross, were located within the graveyard of the cathedral. The Doorty Cross is so named, because its shaft was used as the tomb stone of the Doorty family grave until the 1950s when the two parts of this mid-12th century cross were reunited. A shaft of a 13th- or 14th-century cross stood near the doorway of the cathedral (the South Cross). Near the graveyard gate was a simple cross (possibly dating from the 14th or 15th century). The third cross is located within the chancel. West of the graveyard and roughly halfway between the cathedral and the modern Catholic church is the fourth high cross (the High Cross), standing in a field. The fifth cross (Cross on the Hill) was removed in 1821, by Dr. Richard Mant, Bishop of Kilfenora and Killaloe, to Killaloe, County Clare where it is still on display at St. Flannan's Cathedral and known as the Kilfenora High Cross.
Rosscarbery Cathedral Bells, Ireland. The Guild of Clerical Ringers
Christ Church Cathedral Bells
The bells of Christ Church cathedral in Dublin city ring at 10 a.m. on a gloomy Sunday morning.
Dingle Killaloe 2018
Broom Ocean 38 Ireland Cruise
Killaloe Co.Clare Beautiful Evening
An Amateur View of Killaloe
St. Flannan's Cathedral
Ancient Magical Ireland the West Coast
May I invite you on a journey to this ancient and magical part of Ireland. Our journey starts in Limerick with King's John castle and then to one of the greatest tourist attractions of Ireland the cliffs of Moher, with an amazing birds 'apartment'.
By boat we cross then to Inisheer the smallest and most eastern of the three Aran Islands in Galway Bay. Back to the Burren one of the largest karst landscapes in Europe. There we visit the ancient and magical Poulanabrone tomb. I felt like being in another dimension. Very special ancient place.
Then to Killaloe, beautiful situated along the Shannon river with the old St Flannan's Cathedral.
Another ancient and magical place is Lough Gur. Humans have lived near Lough Gur since 3000 BC and there are numerous megalithic remains there. It is one of Ireland's most important archaeological sites.
Around this lake is the largest standing stone circle in Ireland, 45 m in diameter and enclosed by 113 standing stones. The stone circle is aligned with the rising sun at the Summer Solstice.
Then to Clonmacnoise. The strategic location of the monastery of Clonmacnoise helped it become a major centre of religion, learning, craftsmanship, and trade by the 9th century.
We end our journey with Birr castle. In the early 1840's, the Third Earl of Rosse designed and built the largest telescope in the world. With this telescope, he discovered the spiral nature of some of the galaxies with has been a major breakthrough in our understanding of the universe. Suddenly our vision of the universe became so much larger. These kind of paradigm shifts has always influenced humanity on a large scale.
With thanks to my dear friend Emma Jervis for showing me around.
The wonderful music is from LLewellyn & Chris Conway from the album Celtic Reiki: Magical Earth.
Cruise holiday Ireland Killaloe to Carrick on Shannon part 1
a cruise from killaloe too carrick on shannon in the haines 36ft wexford class from carrickcraft
St Brigid's Cathedral Tower
Killaloe vacation / holiday home, Ireland
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Tembre de Carteret leading Cor Cois Greine and The Village singers at Killaloe Cathedral
On June 16th 2012 - 8 choirs took part in an evening of singing in the beautiful acoustics of St. Flannans cathedral Killaloe, County Clare. Hosted by The Baru community singers. Tembre de Carteret led 2 of her community choirs in songs from around the world. Cor Cois greine, a community choir in Tuamgraney County Clare and The Village Singers from Castleconnel. This was there 3rd performance together.
The songs that were sang are
Kaki Lambe - A Guinea Forest song
Plovi barko - Croation love song
Let love rain down - composed for Sing For water 2011
Killaloe, County Clare (17.04.2010)
Killaloe (Irish: Cill Dálua meaning Lua's church) is a large village in east County Clare, Ireland, situated in the midwest of Ireland. The village is on the south end of Lough Derg, while the settlement spreads across the River Shannon, with the County Tipperary side known as Ballina. (52° 48′ 0″ N, 8° 27′ 0″ W)
An Amateur View of Killaloe
St. Flannan's Church
St. John's Cathedral Limerick
view of St. John's Cathedral Limerick city