Clonmacnoise, County Offaly, Ireland

Clonmacnoise, County Offaly, Ireland

Clonmacnoise was a monastery founded about 454 AD by St. Ciaran. He chose the site for its ideal location at the junction of river and road travel in Celtic Ireland. Ciaran didn’t live to see the growth of the monastery. He died of plague at the age of 33, only...
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