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Ancient and Sacred Sites Guides
76 guides
Explore Ireland’s ancient monuments, monastic settlements, churches and pilgrimage heritage.
The guides distinguish historical evidence from tradition and link sources that help explain each place.
Ireland
- Ancient Sites in Ireland: A Visitor's Guide to Tombs, Forts and Trackways
- Cathedrals in Ireland: A Visitor Guide to Six Historic Churches
- Irish Pilgrimage Sites: Monastic Ruins and St. Declan's Way
- Monasteries in Ireland: Six Visit-Worthy Sites and How to Read Them
- Passage Tombs in Ireland: Newgrange, Carrowmore and Loughcrew
- Churches in Cork: Four Historic City Churches Worth Visiting
- Cork Cemeteries: A Records-Led Guide to the City's Burial Grounds
- Dublin Cemeteries: Four Heritage Sites and How to Visit Them
- Dublin Churches: Christ Church, St Patrick's and St Audoen's
- Abbeyknockmoy Cistercian Abbey: A Visitor Guide to the Ruin
- Ancient Ireland Map: Prehistoric Sites by Region and Era
- Ardfert Cathedral: A Guide to the Medieval Kerry Complex
- Askeaton Franciscan Friary: A Guide to the Riverside Ruin
- Athenry Dominican Priory: A Guide to the Medieval Church
- Ballinskelligs Abbey Guide: The Skellig Monks' Mainland Priory
- Ballintubber Abbey: Visitor Guide to a Mayo Monastery
- Boyle Abbey: A Cistercian Ruin in County Roscommon
- Bronze Age Ireland: Where to See the Evidence
- Brownshill Dolmen: Visiting Ireland's Giant Portal Tomb
- Cairns in Ireland: A Visitor Guide to Loughcrew Passage Tombs
- Carrowmore Megalithic Cemetery: A Visitor Guide to Sligo's Tombs
- Céide Fields: Neolithic Site and Visitor Centre Guide
- Churches in Ireland: Historic Buildings You Can Visit
- Clare Abbey: Visiting the Augustinian Ruins Near Ennis
- Clonmacnoise: A Guide to the Shannon-Side Monastery
- Cong Abbey, Co. Mayo: A Guide to the Ruins and River
- Corcomroe Abbey: A Visitor Guide to the Burren Ruin
- Corlea Trackway: Ireland's Iron Age Bog Road in Longford
- Creevykeel Court Tomb: A Neolithic Monument in Sligo
- Dolmens in Ireland: Reading the Brownshill Portal Tomb
- Dowth: A Visitor Guide to the Brú na Bóinne Passage Tomb
- Drombeg Stone Circle: Stones, Excavations and a Mindful Visit
- Drumcliffe Church, County Sligo: Yeats, Round Tower and High Cross
- Dún Aonghasa: Visitor Guide to the Aran Islands Cliff Fort
- Dunbrody Abbey, County Wexford: A Visitor Guide to the Ruin
- Early Christian Ireland: Monastic Sites You Can Visit
- Ennis Friary: A Visitor Guide to the Franciscan Friary and Its Carvings
- Fore Abbey: A Visitor Guide to the Westmeath Monastic Site
- Glendalough Monastic City: A Visitor Guide to the Wicklow Glen
- Gougane Barra Church: St Finbarr's Oratory Guide
- High Crosses in Ireland: Carvings, Sites and What's Open
- Hill of Tara, Ireland: A Guide to the Ancient Royal Site
- Irish Holy Wells: What They Are and How to Visit Respectfully
- Irish Saints: Monastic Sites Where Their Traditions Survive
- Iron Age Ireland: Bog Roads, Bog Bodies and Hilltop Sites
- Jerpoint Abbey: A Visitor Guide to the Cistercian Ruins
- Kells Priory, Co. Kilkenny: A Visitor's Guide to the Walled Ruin
- Killamery High Cross: A Visitor Guide to the Snake-Dragon Cross
- Kilmacduagh Monastic Site: Visitor Guide to the Leaning Tower
- Kilmalkedar Church: A Guide to the Dingle Peninsula's Romanesque Site
- Knocknarea Cairn: Queen Maeve's Cairn and the Summit Walk
- Knowth: A Visitor's Guide to the Great Passage-Tomb Mound
- Kylemore Abbey: Victorian Estate and Walled Garden Guide
- Lough Gur: A Visitor Guide to the Lakeside Monuments
- Loughcrew Megalithic Cemetery: Visitor Guide to the Hills of the Witch
- Lusk Round Tower and Belfry: Visitor Guide to the Monastery Site
- Monasterboice: High Crosses, Round Tower and Monastic Ruins
- Neolithic Ireland: Where to See Passage Tombs and Stone Fields
- Newgrange: A Practical Guide to Brú na Bóinne
- Ogham Stones in Ireland: How to Read Them and Where to Start
- Old Mellifont Abbey: Ireland's First Cistercian Monastery
- Quin Abbey: Franciscan Friary Guide, Cloisters and Tower
- Rathcroghan: Visitor Guide to the Royal Site and Tulsk Centre
- Ringforts in Ireland: Reading Early Medieval Farm Earthworks
- Rock of Cashel: A Visitor Guide to the Medieval Hilltop Site
- Rosserk Abbey (Rosserk Franciscan Friary): A Visitor's Guide
- Round Towers in Ireland: A Field Guide to Five Monastic Sites
- Scattery Island: Monastic Site, Ferry Access and What to See
- Skellig Michael: Island Monastery Guide and Access Basics
- Sligo Abbey: A Visitor Guide to the Medieval Dominican Friary
- St Mary's Cathedral Killarney: A Pugin Visitor Guide
- Standing Stones in Ireland: What They Are and Where to See Them
- Stone Circles in Ireland: Sites, Shapes and Visitor Access
- Tintern Abbey Ireland: Visiting the Wexford Cistercian Ruin
- Churches in Kilkenny: Three Historic City Landmarks
- Limerick Churches: Three Landmarks Compared