Since I moved to Nenagh I haven?Äôt visited Killaloe so often. That?Äôs why I am trying to take every chance to get there. Last Sunday there was opportunity due to the soccer game between two Polish teams ?Äï representations of two Irish archaeology companies.
I targeted 13th century St Flannans Cathedral and the monuments hidden inside. The most important one is Romanesque portal taken from pieces of a couple of ones and built together into a church wall.
Another historic monument is a massive, but not tall, both runic and ogham stone. While the ogham is not so clearly visible the runic inscription is very well preserved and it means that Viking Thorgrim has carved those runes. This stone was probably erected by Thorgrim himself in the memory of his convertion to Christianity. This is a good example of Viking assimilation and integration with Gaelic Celtic native folk.
It is also not very hard to find a 3 or more meters tall stone cross rebuilt from pieces founded somewhere nearby Killaloe.
Worth of interest is early medieval baptismal font or just a holy water stone vessel.
Just aside of cathedral, 12th century St. Flannans oratory with nice Romanesque portal, stands at the cemetery.
After visiting cathedral I went towards Lough Derg to visit Bael Boru ?Äï ring ford, a property of the great, and probably only one king of Ireland ?Äï Brian Boru.
Walking on the bank of river Shannon and on the little streets of Killaloe I have realised that the autumn has come for sure
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