SAINT NICHOLAS OF MYRA
Read moreBuilt on the site of a former Franciscan monastery that gave its name to the street, this neoclassical church was built in 1830 to commemorate the emancipation of Catholics in Ireland.
SAINT PATRICK'S CATHEDRAL
The famous Saint Patrick's Cathedral was founded in 1191 and is one of the ...Read more
CHRIST CHURCH CATHEDRAL
Built of stone in the 12th century, the oldest surviving stone building in ...Read more
BLACK ABBEY
Read moreAbbey founded in 1225 by Dominican monks, his official name is Abbey of The Most Holy Trinity, but she took the nickname Black Abbey, the black abbey, because of the color of his monks' dress. After the monasteries were dissolved by Henry VIII of England (between 1538 and 1541), Black Abbey was turned into a court. Left abandoned after the passage of Cromwell in 1650, it was restored in the nineteenth century. The interest of the architecture is limited, apart from a superb arched ceiling of shining wood and two beautiful stained glass windows.
ST PETER'S ROMAN CATHOLIC CHURCH
Imposing neo-Gothic Catholic church with superb rose window and shrine to ...Read more
SAINT MEL'S CATHEDRAL
Visit Longford's remarkable cathedral, designed by Joseph Kane and ...Read more
ST CANICE'S CATHEDRAL
Primitive English Gothic cathedral built in the 13thcentury , with a ...Read more
MONASTERBOICE
Ruins of a monastic complex featuring two of Ireland's finest Celtic ...Read more
TEMPLE BAR GALLERY & STUDIOS
Contemporary art gallery exhibiting works by Irish artists, many of them ...Read more
SAINT WERBURGH'S CHURCH
Church of Anglo-Norman origin built on a Viking site in 1178, the oldest in ...Read more
SAINT STEPHEN'S CHURCH
Neoclassical church, one of Dublin's most beautiful and original, hosting ...Read more
SAINT ANN'S CHURCH
A remarkable parish, one of the oldest in Dublin, with remarkable stained ...Read more
SAINT ANDREW'S CHURCH
Medieval church built in 1862 on the corner of Suffolk Street and St ...Read more
MELLIFONT ABBEY
Read moreMellifont Abbey's old-fashioned austerity is not particularly palpable when entering the first Cistercian abbey founded in Ireland: we are so far away from the Cistercian morals of Saint Bernard and Saint Malachy - founders of the abbey - in the heart of this vallon surrounded by birds' songs, miles away from the rumors of the world.
In 1142 Saint Malachy founded Mellifont Abbey with the help of French monks sent by Saint Bernard, abbot of the Cistercian Monastery of Clairvaux. Several other Cistercian abbeys were then established in Ireland. It is difficult today to imagine the grandeur and splendor of Mellifont Abbey whose architecture inspired the continent's abbeys. There are four parts of the "washbasin" (tower of the thirteenth century where monks can toiled) and most of the capitular room whose arcades, invaded by vegetation, spread a beautiful and mysterious light green glow. In front of the washbasin, five arches of the cloistered courtyard recall the monacal demoralization. But these architectural remains cannot transcribe the influence of the monastery until the fifteenth century. The abbey was abandoned when monasteries were dissolved by Henry VIII. It was closed in 1539.
Today, the Abbey has transformed some of its rooms into guest rooms, and operates through its farm and garden (Mellifont Abbey Gardens), both of which are visited.
JERPOINT ABBEY
Cistercian abbey with the ruins of its church and remarkable cloister, ...Read more
SELSKAR ABBEY
Superb ruins of Selskar Abbey, a site steeped in history with a ...Read more
ST IBERIUS CHURCH
Read moreThis church of the th century would have been built on a church site founded by Saint Patrick.
ST MARY'S CHURCH
Read moreOn the heights of New Ross, the ruins of a beautiful Anglican-style Anglican church built between 1210 and 1220, under the reign of Guillaume le Maréchal. One of the oldest and largest medieval churches in Ireland.
TINTERN ABBEY
Read moreTea-room on site. The path slowly slides like to open on a valley. But the descent is lined with a long green carpet, where hundreds of sheep graze and bleat. In the distance, surrounded by a rempart of trees, the lavishly austère ruins of Tintern Abbey, Cistercian Abbey founded around 1200 and christened the name of the Town of Tintern in Wales, are profile. Open-sky arcade, ringed flower of iron, gouffre gouffre of the nave, tower that makes its arm mutilated towards the sky…
DUNBRODY ABBEY
Read moreCistercian monastery founded in 1210, one of the largest in Ireland. The central tower and adjacent buildings were added in the th century. Next to the abbey is the castle of Dunbrody and its labyrinth (adult 4 €, child 2 €).