Graveyard, Clonmacnoise, Co. Offaly.
Dublin Core
Title
Graveyard, Clonmacnoise, Co. Offaly.
Subject
Round Tower and church
Cross
Description
Lantern slide depicting a cross, a church and a round tower in Clonmacnoise, Co. Offaly. Originally titled 'K4 Clonmacnouis.' and labelled 'K4 9'. The monuments depicted are in the Monastic ruins in Clonmacnoise and are O'Rourke's Tower, a High Cross called South Cross and Clonmacnoise Cathedral. The Round Tower is situated in the north-west corner of the Monastic Site. A wall was built in 1957 brining the tower inside the walls of the monastic complex. The tower is composed of well-shaped rectangular grey limestone blocks to the level of the bell-storey windows where obvious reconstruction work uses smaller and more irregular stone. The tower was built by Turlough O'Connor and O'Malone c.1124. It was damaged by lightning in 1135 and the present top with its eight openings is of later date. The South Cross has multiple scenes from the bible carved onto it, and was moved from its original position in 1991 amd replaced with replicas in order to protect these carvings. Indeed, in the image depcited it can be seen that the cross was in a delapidated state. The Cathedral, also known as Temple MacDermot is the oldest church in Clonmacnoise dating back to c. 909 AD. It is thought to have been built King Flann Sinna and Abbot Coleman. The slide itself is badly damaged, with multiple cracks on the glass of the slide.
Creator
Holly Cooper
Publisher
The Discovery Programme
Contributor
The Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland (RSAI)
Format
image/tiff
Language
EN
Type
Image
Identifier
BOX37_014
Alternative Title
RSAI, Lantern Slide, BOX 37
Date Created
25/01/17
Has Format
Scanned to 2400 dpi , 16 bit greyscale image with automatic exposure
Is Part Of
RSAI Lantern Slide Collection
Extent
114.3mb
7559 x 7559 pixels
Medium
Lantern Slides
Spatial Coverage
Country: Ireland
County: Offaly
Logainm Code: https://www.logainm.ie/100031.aspx
Townland: Clonmacnoise
Logainm Town/Townland: https://www.logainm.ie/41215.aspx
Irish National Grid East: 200962
Irish National Grid North: 230644
Position Source: www.logainm.ie
Latitude: 53.326277
Longitude: -7.9862945
Place: Clonmacnoise, Co. Offaly Latitude: 53.3262773 Longitude: -7.986294499999985
Rights Holder
The Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland (RSAI)
Files
Citation
Holly Cooper, “Graveyard, Clonmacnoise, Co. Offaly. ,” Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland, accessed April 16, 2024, http://rsai.locloudhosting.net/items/show/468149.
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