Ireland - Clonmacnois-Newgrange-Kells-Hill of Tara, Ireland
 On our way to Trim we stopped by The Monastery at Clonmacnois, Co Offally, founded in the 6th century by St Ciaran |
 High Cross & upper Round Tower at Clonmacnois, |
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 River Shannon near Clonmacnois, |
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 Clonmacnois has two round towers |
 Archway at Clonmacnois, |
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 Marjorie with Castle ruins behind |
 statues near visitors center at Clonmacnois, |
 another Clonmacnois visitor |
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 Clonony Castle ruins on the road to Trim |
 Newgrange from across the valley |
 Megalithic Passage Tomb at Newgrange was built about 3200 BC |
 On the winter solstice sunrise a shaft of sunlight shines through the roof box over the entrance and illuminates the inner floor |
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 Unfinished Cross & Round Tower at Kells, Co.Meath |
 The Cross of St Patrick and St Columba |
 The West Cross, or Ruined Cross, at Kells |
 it has some beautifully inscribed decorative panels on it's north and south sides |
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 Cross at Hill of Tara |
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 Tara Church |
 Inside Church at Tara |
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