CLONMACNOISE CO OFFALY (COL)

CLONMACNOISE CO OFFALY (COL)(Acrylic painting) The monastery of Clonmacnoise situated in County Offaly, Ireland on the River Shannon south of Athlone. Clonmacnoise was founded in 544 by St. Ciaran a young man from Rathcroghan, Co. Roscommon. (Not to be confused or conflated with St. Ciarn of Saigir, patron of Osraige.) Until the 9th century it had close associations with the kings of Connacht.

The area is the nearest point of land (11 miles/18 km) to where the RMS Lusitania was sunk in 1915

Over the centuries

(Pencil Drawing) The Cathedral of Our Lady Assumed into Heaven and St Nicholas(Irish language: Ard-Eaglais Mhaighdean na Deastógála agus Naomh Nioclás)

They’ll also be looking pretty damp

Temple Bar is an area on the south bank of the River Liffey  in central Dublin Ireland

A Male chicken is called a cockerel or rooster

The church features several noteworthy stained glass windows

Hares live above ground and have developed particular strategies to cope with such a life style

authorising the raising of funds for the building of the bridge

A wildflower (or wild flower) is a flower that grows in the wild

the Tribes of Galway

Atlantic Puffins come to reside mainly on the coast