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Our Watery World

Our Watery World. Towns, Monasteries and Castles. Place Names. Golden Age. Early Irish saints in the ‘golden age’ built monasteries on the river banks. Clonmacnoise and Clonfert on the Shannon. Kilkenny, on the River Nore. The Vikings. The Normans. The Normans.

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Our Watery World

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  1. Our Watery World Towns, Monasteries and Castles

  2. Place Names

  3. Golden Age Early Irish saints in the ‘golden age’ built monasteries on the river banks Clonmacnoise and Clonfert on the Shannon Kilkenny, on the River Nore

  4. The Vikings

  5. The Normans

  6. The Normans Another fine Butler or Ormonde castle can be seen in Carrick on Suir on the River Suir Ormonde Castle – Carrick on Suir Cahir Castle – Co Tipperary

  7. Monks

  8. Monks Jerpoint Abbey is now a ruin, rumoured to be destroyed by Oliver Cromwell in the 1650’s Duiske Abbey still serves as the parish church in Graignamanagh

  9. All over Ireland, towns grew in the shadows of these settlements and as with the word ‘ford’, the words Castle, Abbey and Bridge form part of the names of many present day cities, towns and villages

  10. Kilkenny (Cill Chainnigh), had the benefit of growing under the early 6th Century Monastery of St. Canice And later, under the Norman castle of the Butlers

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