24 August, 2020

old abbey graveyard

is located where the Eske River flows into Donegal Bay the Old Abbey stood for more than two centuries despite being ransacked, burned and ravaged. It finally faced abandonment during the early years of the 17th century.
Built by Hugh O’Donnell in 1474, the abbey now only exists as ruins, but the south transept, various areas of the cloisters, and the choir areas are still visible. The nearby graveyard bears evidence of burials occurring for more than a century after the abbey was abandoned.
Info courtesy of this is donegal website

The view is from the Donegal Bank Trail, a 3.2km out and back trail.


the video is 1:21 long


34 comments:

  1. Great atmospheric scene. If you close your eyes a little you can see the monks walking around.

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  2. Hello,

    It is a beautiful place! Loved the photo of the ruins and the video.
    Enjoy your day, wishing you a great week!

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  3. It's interesting that burials continued there long after the abbey was abandoned. Wonder if a pair of Barn Owls occupy the ruins?

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  4. ...a place that I would like to explore.

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  5. Great to see such ruins preserved.

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  6. That's a lot of history buried there. Thank you for sharing the video.

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  7. beautiful view...
    Thank you for sharing video

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  8. That is a lovely video and a nice picture, history is interesting.

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  9. The mild fog in air produces a mystic feel!

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  10. Thanks Bill it's good to be back. What a beautifully composed image you have taken here. The video was lovely, the musical soundtrack hauntingly perfect for the visual 💜 Looking back at missed posts I see the Emerald Isle is as green as ever 🍀

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  11. What a fascinating place to do some exploring. I loved the little video.

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  12. Beautiful! Years ago we were in our cathedral to a concert of music like that, it was wonderful (I can´t remember the name ofthe "band", though).

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  13. That is a gorgeous image that you showed us, Bill! Such atmosphere!

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  14. Se nota la antigüedad en sus viejas piedras.

    Ya estoy aquí de nuevo una vez resuelta la avería en mi ordenador.

    Besos

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  15. Wow how impressive. So ancient and yet so beautiful
    MB

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  16. A very interesting spot to explore!

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  17. My children would have scrambled around the stones! How amazing.

    the chants are both lovely and somber.

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  18. Looks like an interesting place, thanks for sharing!

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  19. Wow amazingly old. Sure would enjoy walking around there!

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  20. It has a mysterious aura! Well captured.

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  21. Beautifully composed and very atmospheric.

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  22. Beautiful and moody. Thanks for including the video.

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  23. Hi Bill.

    An impressive piece of history.

    Greetings from Patricia.

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  24. A trail with both natural beauty and the chance to experience and learn from these wonderful ruins ... a perfect walk! There’s enough substance left to make it easy to imagine what theAbbey would have looked like so very long ago.

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  25. This was so interesting.
    Many thanks for the photograph, information and video.

    All the best Jan

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  26. How I would love to explore this place. Beautiful photo.

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