Rock of Cashel
"According to local mythology, the Rock of Cashel originated in the Devil's Bit, a mountain 20 miles (30 km) north of Cashel when St. Patrick banished Satan from a cave, resulting in the Rock's landing in Cashel. Cashel is reputed to be the site of the conversion of the King of Munster by St. Patrick in the 5th century." (Wikipedia)
Rock of Cashel
"The Rock of Cashel was the traditional seat of the kings of Munster for several hundred years prior to the Norman Invasion. In 1101, the King of Munster, Muirchertach Ua Briain donated his fortress on the Rock to the Church.... Few remnants of the early structures survive; the majority of buildings on the current site date from the 12th and 13th centuries." (Wikipedia)
Rock of Cashel
"In 1647, during the Irish Confederate Wars, Cashel was sacked by English Parliamentarian troops under.... The Irish Confederate troops there were massacred, as were the Roman Catholic clergy.... [The] troops looted or destroyed many important religious artefacts." (Wikipedia)
Rock of Cashel
Rock of Cashel
St. Patrick's Cross at the Rock of Cashel
Hore Abbey
"The former Benedictine abbey at Hore was given to the Cistercians by Archbishop David MacCearbhaill (in 1270), who later entered the monestery. He endowed the Abbey generously with land, mills and other benefices previously belonging to the town." (Wikipedia)
Hore Abbey
"A story that is much cited by tour-guides is that he evicted the Benedictines after a dream that they were about to kill him. This is unlikely to be true and probably arises from the Archbishop's 'interference' with the commerce of the city of Cashel." (Wikipedia)
Hore Abbey
Helen is ready to conduct the choir in the area reserved for the choir.
Hore Abbey
Hore Abbey