📖 Ancient Restoration

June 21st is the feast of Saint Cormac Ua Liatháin: 6th century Irish monk, ascetic, explorer, monastic founder, and Abbot of Durrow.

Theobald Wolfe Tone the founding father of Irish Republicanism and leader of the 1798 Irish Rebellion was born the 20th of June in 1763. "From my tenderest youth I have considered the union of Ireland with Great-Britain as the scourge of the Irish nation"

Theobald Wolfe Tone the founding father of Irish Republicanism and leader of the 1798 Irish Rebellion was born the 20th of June in 1763. "From my tenderest youth I have considered the union of Ireland with Great-Britain as the scourge of the Irish nation"

Black Abbey, Co Kilkenny - St Thomas Aquinas & magnificent stained-glass.

The Black Abbey of Kilkenny was founded in 1225 as one of the first houses of the Dominican Order in Ireland. Its name comes from "Black Friars", a reference to the Order who wear a black cloak over a white habit.

St Canice's Cathedral - Also known as ‘Ireland’s finest medieval Cathedral', completed in the 13th century, Co Kilkenny.

St Canice's Cathedral - Also known as ‘Ireland’s finest medieval Cathedral', completed in the 13th century, Co Kilkenny.

Tomb of Piers Butler and Margaret Fitzgerald - St Canice's Cathedral, Kilkenny. Earl of Ormond & Ossory, died 1539.

St Canice's Cathedral and Round tower in Kilkenny, Ireland. Built between 1202-1285 on the site of an early Christian monastery.

St Canice's Cathedral and Round tower in Kilkenny, Ireland. Built between 1202-1285 on the site of an early Christian monastery.

'We have in our keeping the hopes of all the children yet unborn, and that those hopes must be safeguarded and shepherded to fulfilment.' - James Connolly

The Gothic Church at Kylemore Abbey, Co Galway. Described as a ‘Cathedral in Miniature’ this elegant building was completed 1885.