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Drumcliffe High Cross and Round Tower

Drumcliffe High Cross and Round Tower

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Drumcliffe High Cross and Round Tower

Name: Drumcliffe High Cross and Round Tower
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Location: Sligo, Ireland

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christian427

August 25, 2023

The monastery at Druncliffe. The high cross and stump of a round tower (On the other side of the road) are all that remains of an abbey.

This magnificent high cross is beautifully carved with some unusual animals including a possible camel and frog. The total cross and base are almost 4 meters tall. The cross is carved with biblical scenes: Christ at the temple, the Crucifixion, Daniel in the lions den. The Garden of Eden and the story of Cairn and Able also feature, and, the only known carving of Mary and the Christ child.

Around 560 AD Columkille or Columba founded a monastery by the Drumcliffe river on the ancient way between Sligo and Donegal, on the bank of the Drumcliffe river. There was no town at Sligo at that time. The Christian foundation at Drumcliffe is one of about 30 monasteries founded by Columbkille.

- megalithicireland.com/Drumcliffe%20Round%20Tower.html
- carrowkeel.com/sites/crosses/drumcliffe.html

Nils

June 18, 2024

Impressive atmosphere.

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Wolf Beyenburg

January 2, 2025

In addition to the High Cross, you will also find the burial site of Nobel Prize winner for literature William Butler Yeats (1865-1939), which quotes a passage from his poem “Under Benbulben”: “Cast a cold Eye on Life, on Death, Horseman pass by”.

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