The ancient monastic city of
Clonmacnoise
was founded in the mid-500s by St. Kieran (or Ciaran), whose remains
are interred there along with those of thousands of other people
from the past 1500 or so years. Clonmacnoise was located in a
prime strategic location in Ireland: almost dead-center
geographically, and at the intersection of two natural highways: the
River Shannon and a long, winding esker left from the last ice age
whose crest provided a great natural roadway. Clonmacnoise is
also located just minutes away from our home-in-Ireland in 2006 and
2010, the town of Birr, so it has become a favorite spot of ours. |
