And Another Thing...

By dhackett68

St. Mary's Abbey, Duleek

One of the great churches of the 12th century, St Mary's Abbey, was built by the Augustinians on lands presented to them by Hugh de Lacy, Overlord of Meath and surrounding areas. In the 16th century a massive square tower was built alongside the earlier round tower. The latter is no longer standing but the scar where it was joined onto the square tower is clearly visible on its northern face.

from the Meath Tourist website


I've passed through the village a few times and seen the ruins, but Monkey Boy and I had some time to kill so we went to have a closer look. In contrast to the epidemic of post-processing effects recently, this is actually how it came off the phone - shooting into the sun, even if it was hidden by a low fog...

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