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 ...

Vegetation history derived from pollen analysis of an Irish midlands raised bog is presented. The profile has been radiocarbon dated and covers the period from late Neolithic to early Christian times ...

The Clonmacnoise crosier, one of finest examples of early medieval metalwork from Ireland, is described, and its history and provenance are thoroughly investigated for the first time. It is argued ...

The monastic ruins at Clonmacnoise, Co Offaly, have been recommended for designation as a UNESCO World Heritage site by the Minister for the Environment, Mr Cullen. Ireland's other world heritage ...

The ancient monastery founded in the sixth century was a great burial place for Gaelic kings and a place of pilgrimage, writes… The ancient monastery founded in the sixth century was a great burial ...

Peter Stanford’s new book tells the history of Christianity in Britain and Ireland through twenty buildings and spaces. The second to be featured in our series is the monastery founded in the sixth ...

The remains of a medieval monastic settlement uncovered near Donegal town could be as significant as the ancient ruins of Clonmacnoise, a senior archaeologist has said. A boggy field beside the church ...