Nun's Church, Clonmacnoise, Co. Offaly

Nun's Church, Clonmacnoise, Co. Offaly

Archway

Lantern slide depicting the right side arch on the doorway of the Nun's Church in Clonmacnoise monastic site in Clonmacnoise, Co. Offaly. Originally titled 'Nun's CH. CLONMACNOISE' and labelled 'K4 8'. The slide is damaged, with two cracks running the horizontally across the bottom of the slide. The image of the decorative geometric engravings around the archway of the Nun's Church, a Hiberno-Romanesque style monument built in c. 1020. The arch was reconstructed in the 19th century. The monument was built by Dearbhforgaill-Dervorgilla, the wife of Tighearnan O Rourke the King of Breifne.

Holly Cooper

The Discovery Programme

The Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland (RSAI)

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BOX37_040

RSAI, Lantern Slide, BOX 37

25/01/17

Scanned to 2400 dpi , 16 bit greyscale image with automatic exposure

RSAI Lantern Slide Collection

114.3mb

7559 x 7559 pixels

Lantern Slides

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

The Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland (RSAI)