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Fourknocks is a Passage Chamber Tomb built 5000 years ago. Its name may come from the Irish >'Cold Hills'. The zig-zag patterns carved above its three recesses are reminiscent of the Cassiopeia constellation, which would have been visible from the tomb at the time it was constructed.The Hill of TaraKnown in Irish as the Teamhair na Rí or 'Hill of the Kings', the Hill of Tara is one of Ireland's most important ancient sites. For more information see the Tara page.MonasterboiceFounded by Saint Boice who died in 521 AD. Monasterboice contains two of the finest high crosses in Ireland, dating from the ninth century - the cross of Muiredach and the Tall Cross.GlendaloughGlendalough, 'the glen of two lakes' or 'the city of the seven churches', was founded fourteen centuries ago by Saint Kevin. For five hundred years, despite attacks by the Vikings, it served as one of Ireland's key centres of learning and religion. In 1163 its abbot, Laurance O'Toole, became the Archbishop of Dublin. However, in 1214 Glendalough monastery was destroyed by the Norman invaders, and its influence declined thereafter. Reconstruction began in 1878.Mellifont AbbeyA twelfth century Cisterian monastery founded by Malachy. Its first monks arrived from Clairvaux in 1142. Mellifont hosted the Synod of Drogheda in 1152. In the early thirteenth century, Mellifont was embroiled in resistance to reform amongst the Cistercians, in what became known as the 'Mellifont conspiracy'. Further attempts to reform the monastery occurred two centuries later, but before they could be completed, the English Reformation took place and Mellifont was dissolved by King Henry VIII. The Abbey building passed into private hands and eventually fell into ruin.KildareKildare's saint is Brigit, born around 450 into a family of druids. The shrine devoted to her was once used for pagan worship. Kildare is home to three abbeys, the White, the Grey and the Black. The White Abbey was founded by William de Vesci, lord of Kildare, in 1292; he also founded the Grey Abbey for the Franciscans in 1260. The Black Abbey is older, founded by the Knights Hospitaller in 1212.Slane AbbeySlane, or Baile Shláine, is a village in County Meath. The Hill of Slane stands to the north of the village. According to tradition, Saint Patrick lit a Pascal fire on this hill top in defiance of King Laoghaire, who had forbidden any fires to be lit before his own had burnt on the Hill of Tara. Laoghaire sent men to confront Patrick; however one of them dropped dead on the mission, convincing another of the group, Erc, to convert to Christianity. He subsequently became the Bishop of Slane. Laoghaire was so impressed by Saint Patrick that he allowed him to continue to spread Christianity, and the Hill of Slane became a centre of learning and religion for centuries after Saint Patrick's time. The ruins of a Franciscan monastery built in 1512 can still be seen on the Hill.AranThe Aran isles - Inishmore, Inishmaan and Inisheer - are home to a number of huge stone forts, said to have been built by the Celtic Firbolg tribe. The Dun Aengus and Dun Duchathair iron age forts perch on the cliff edge at Inishmore. The isles are also dotted with crumbling stone churches. Saint Enda founded a monastery on Inishmore in the fifth century.
FOURKNOCKS
Fourknocks megalithic passage tomb
Fourknocks megalithic mound
Fourknocks (Passage Grave)
THE HILL OF TARA
Tara - Temair
Megalithic Ireland: Hill of Tara
MONASTERBOICE
Monasterboice
Irish high crosses
GLENDALOUGH
The history of Glendalough
Heritage of Glendalough
KILDARE
Kildare heritage trail
MELLIFONT ABBEY
Mellifont Abbey: A brief history and virtual tour
Mellifont Abbey
SLANE ABBEY
Hill of Slane information
Slane Tourism
ARAN
Visit Aran Islands
Guide to the Aran Isles
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