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Skibbereen is a thriving market town, regarded as the capital of the area known as The Carberies.  Situated on the River Ilen, it was founded after Algerian pirates sacked the neighboring port of Baltimore in 1631 carrying off 200 inhabitants into slavery

This orignal granite Castledermot Cross is found in the Church of Ireland churchyard in the town of Castledermot, Ireland. The church goes back to the 12th and 13th centuries; beside the church stands a Round Tower. The 10 foot tall cross was probably ere

The Muthill Cross was founding the yard of ancient and beautiful ruins of the old church in the small village of Muthill, Scotland.  The interlacing which fills the panels of the cross is endless, and thus cannot be untied.  It represents everlasting life

The Lorn Cross design was found in a church yard in a village in the district of Lorn, Scotland.  The knotwork running the length of the cross is endless.  It symbolizes the eternal theme – the alpha and Omega – beginning and end in the eternal circle, th

Tralee CrossCo. Kerry, Ireland

Measures 12x5.5”

The original of the cross deisgns stands in the churchyard of the remains of the Muckross Friary. Tralee is a delightful town nearby to Muckross.
Among the tones of the graveyard are those of the las

Low on the stem of the North Cross at Ahenny a geometric motif is found in three rows on top of each other.  Within the ring an interwoven web emerges from the sun symbol and weaves through and animates the dead stone.  The cross as a symbol of death is c

Early in the 9th century, Vikings settled the island between the rivers Shannon and Abbey. Over the course of hundreds of years, a city of charm and elegance arose and this settlement eventually became today's historic city of Limerick. Carved in this cro

The god Midir of Bri Leith, (mound west of Ardagh in Co. Longford) claims that Etain in her former existence was his wife, but that she has been separated from him by the magic of a jealous rival. When Etain in her later existence becomes the wife of Eoch

Tobermory is an ancient medieval seaport at the top of the Isle of Mull. Across the channel is Lochaline, the site of a 14th-15th century stone carving school that was associated with the nearby Holy Isle of Iona.
This cross design is of our own inventio

In a remote spot by the River Shannon the monastery Clonmacnois, was founded in 545 AD by St. Ciaran, on a fertile meadow surrounded by a bob. The name means “the meadow of the son of Nos”. It could be reached only by river along a ridge known as the Pilg

The perfect wedding gift! Once the chief town of the Earls of Desmond, Kilmallock still retains much of its medieval past.  It is named after the monastery built here in the 7th century by St. Mocheallog.  A large section of its walls, including the massi

In an old graveyard of Moen Cholum Cille, site of and early Columban monastery, is perhaps the most striking of all Irish High Crosses. The cross at Moone is 17 feet high thus making it the second tallest High Cross in the country. The animals depicted on

Although the original of this cross is located among the ruins of the Monasterboice monastery, we have chosen to name it after the neighboring Mellifont Abbey.  Mellifont was the first Cistercian monastery to be established in Ireland.  It was completed i

Lisburn, on the banks of the River Lagan, was a prosperous and important linen center in the 19th century.  Half the linen output of the province of Ulster came from this area at this time.  Linen weaving was brought to Lisburn by Huguenots, who fled Fran

This design was taken from a cross found beside the ancient ruins of the church in the little village of Muthill.  The square tower and double row of wonderful arches are all the remains of the old church.  The cross has no name, but as the Drummond Castl

This cross design was taken from the carved reverse side of the cross-slab from Ulbster.  The design is made up of triangular knotwork and is endless.  The eternal theme – the alpha and Omega – the beginning and end in the eternal circle is the very essen