Ahenny High CrossesTwo early high crosses with carved cap stones, in a graveyard in the hills north of Carrick-on-Suir.
Monastic site
Kilkieran High Crosses
Windgap, County Kilkenny
Three high crosses standing together in a small graveyard at Kilkieran, one of them unusually tall and thin.
At Kilkieran, near Carrick-on-Suir, County Kilkenny, visitors can find three sandstone crosses and the fragments of another high cross.
- Where
- Windgap, County Kilkenny
- Address
- Knockglass
- Official site
- heritageireland.ie
- Map
- Directions · OpenStreetMap
- Before you go
- Opening times, prices and access change. Check with the place itself.
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Ahenny High CrossesTwo early high crosses with carved cap stones, in a graveyard in the hills north of Carrick-on-Suir.
Ormond CastleA Tudor manor house was built onto the older castle here, and the long gallery has the plasterwork ceilings.
Kilmogue Portal TombThe capstone is tilted up at a steep angle, and this is one of the tallest portal tombs in the country, near Harristown.
Curraghmore House and GardensThe house and formal garden sit on a large estate at Portlaw, with a shell house built in the 1750s in the grounds. The estate opens from May to the end of September.
Kilree Church, Round Tower and CrossA 29m round tower that has lost its cap, a church ruin and a carved high cross, all in the one field south of Kells.
Kells PrioryAbout three acres are walled in behind seven towers, beside the King's River at Kells.What’s on nearby
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