Situated in the townland of Hooks in County Wexford stands the scant remains of the medieval church of the parish of Kilcowan, in the barony of Bargy. It was the church of St. Cuán of Aribhre, w...
https://visionsofthepastblog.com/2024/04/23/kilcowan-church-wexford-ireland/
The First Cemetery of Athens opened in 1837 in the aftermath of the establishment of the modern state of Greece and independence from Ottoman occupation. The entrance to the cemetery is at the to...
https://visionsofthepastblog.com/2024/04/17/first-cemetery-of-athens-greece/
During the course of doing this website I have visited hundreds of graveyards and cemeteries and by and large I find them welcoming, calm and peaceful places however the old cemetery at Glandore ...
https://visionsofthepastblog.com/2024/04/04/glandore-cemetery-cork-ireland/
Knockdrum Stone Fort is a circular hilltop cashel situated near Castletownshend in West Cork. Its positioning gives views inland but also to the south overlooking the Atlantic Ocean. The fort is ...
https://visionsofthepastblog.com/2024/03/27/knockdrum-stone-fort-cork-ireland/
The scant remains of St Bridget’s Church at Tomard are situated close to the River Barrow in County Carlow. All that remains of the church is the simple east gable and low courses of the north ...
https://visionsofthepastblog.com/2024/03/26/tomard-church-carlow-ireland/
“For there is good news yet to hear and fine things to be seen;Before we go to Paradise by way of Kensal Green” Kensal Green Cemetery was immortalised in G.K Chesterton’s poem, ‘The Rolli...
https://visionsofthepastblog.com/2024/03/20/kensal-green-cemetery-london-england/
Portumna Abbey is the remains of a chapel founded by Cistercian monks from Dunbrody Abbey in Wexford in 1254 and dedicated to Saints Peter and Paul. In time the lands were abandoned by the Cister...
https://visionsofthepastblog.com/2024/03/19/portumna-abbey-galway-ireland/
Situated on the east side of Lower Lough Erne in Fermanagh this stone circle was first excavated and rescued from the surrounding upland bog in 1962, at which time a cairn and stone alignment wer...
https://visionsofthepastblog.com/2024/03/13/drumskinny-stone-circle-fermanagh-ireland/
Lisronagh Church is a Board of First Fruits Church of Ireland edifice, built between 1831 and 1832. It stands adjacent to a medieval castle and both the castle and the church are sited right at t...
https://visionsofthepastblog.com/2024/03/04/lisronagh-church-tipperary-ireland/
Lisronagh Castle is a 16th century tower house built on the site of an earlier castle. The original fortification at Lisronagh was believed to have been built by William de Burgh in the 12th cent...
https://visionsofthepastblog.com/2024/02/29/lisronagh-castle-tipperary-ireland/