Access to the Clonmacnoise Monastic Site will not be available to the public from mid-October, the Office of Public Works ...

Walking inside its chapels’ tumbled walls and seeing birds nesting in its silent bell towers, it’s hard to believe that this was once one of Europe‘s great universities. Clonmacnoise was founded by St ...

Glide over Clonmacnoise, the hauntingly beautiful ruins of a 6th-century monastic settlement perched on the high, sweeping banks of the River Shannon in County Offaly, Ireland. Founded by Saint Ciarán ...

Ciaran left but little mark upon the literary annals of the famous school he founded. But in the character which he gave it of a seminary for a whole nation, and not for a particular tribe or district ...

The number of annual visitors to a 6th century monastery in Co Offaly is approximately double what it was designed to handle, putting the site and its facilities under strain, the Office of Public ...

Just back from two weeks in Ireland with my friends Fr. Bill and Fr. Patrick, where I went to get some perspective on life and the world, including recent events such as the U.S. killing of Gaddafi, ...

It was an absolutely perfect day for traveling. The moon still continued its waning phase, the clouds were a soft orange/peach bunches of fluff in the sky, and we were well rested. Coffee got us off ...