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Caption:

The Churches at Clonmacnoise

Artist:

Thomson, Hugh

Materials:

Paper (fiber material), Ink

Techniques:

Lithograph

Author:

Gwynn, Stephen

Title of Publication:

The fair hills of Ireland

Publisher:

Maunsel and Co.

Publication place:

Dublin & London

Publication date:

1914

Note on artwork:

Clonmacnoise is located on the eastern banks of the River Shannon in County Offaly. This early Christian site includes the ruins of a cathedral, three high crosses, seven churches and two round towers. Delicately sketched by the artist, the image includes details of the so-called Temple Finghin & McCarthy's Tower with, as described by the author Stephen Gwynne as "a graveyard covered with the mouldering remains of what once was greatness" in the foreground.

References:

DIB online