St Brigid was the feminist, peacemaker and environmentalist who went on to become the female patron saint of Ireland ...
Newly displayed 1,300-year-old doodles suggest that medieval monastic life wasn’t all about solemn chants and holy scripture. Now on view at the National Museum of Ireland, Kildare Street, the ...
Romantic 'poetic decay' notions have left Ireland with crumbling abbeys, monasteries, and friaries. We should be inspired by ...
History credits monasteries for carrying classical thought, art and culture through the violent, chaotic years following the collapse of the Roman Empire. Internally ordered and disciplined, these ...
Storm-damaged trees at Lemanaghan bog expose early medieval burials, shedding new light on St Manchán’s monastery ...