The Buddhist monastic complex of Takht-i-Bahi (Throne of Origins) was founded in the early 1st century. Owing to its location on the crest of a high hill, it escaped successive invasions and is still ...

The opportunity to acquire a de-consecrated former Church of Ireland building which is now in ruins, just off the ...

Muckross Abbey is famous as a site of early Christian activity in Ireland, with the first monastery believed to be built in ...

and certain islands off the coast of Ireland such as Skellig Michael. From Adomnán, who wrote Columba's biography 100 years after his death, we know a great deal about the early monastery's daily ...