Carved in Stone

One cannot contemplate the past without remembering those who came before us.
The ruins of buildings, castles and whole villages only reminds us that once there were people who lived in and populated these structures.


Inis Cealtra, Lough Derg, Co. Clare
The landscape is dotted with these reminders both structural and spiritual. One such place was "Inis Cealtra" - Holy Island - that is a current sactuary for both.


view of the Round Tower thru the door of St. Brigid's Church on Inis Cealtra


the old with the new...

And, of course, one cannot comment on these monuments without noting the splendid detail in which the ancestors were remembered...