Heritage Week
Our roots are in our cultural heritage. We are fortunate in this country to have so many wonderful heritage sites in every county. Some are well known but there are a host of unmarked sites that are not promoted or signposted.
It’s so important that we protect these sites and monuments which are a direct link with our past. As this is heritage week it might be a good time to get out on your bike or walk to visit these connections with our distant and recent past.
I have included a lot of sited on my routes in my book ‘South Leinster Cycle Routes’ and they tell wonderful stories of this part of @ancienteastIRL
Here is a random collection of photographs of some of the sites encountered while cycling the 30 routes across Carlow, Kilkenny, Laois, Kildare, Wicklow and Wexford:
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Aghowle Church and Cross
3.1 Moone high Cross Base
Lisnavagh House
Ahenny High Cross
Fertagh Round Tower, County Kilkenny. The tallest of Ireland’s Round Towers at 30 metres high.
Emo Court
Rock of Dunamaise
Mount Leinster Mist
Base of the Round Tower at St Mullins
Rathgeran Rock Art
