Anyone been to Glendalough monastery?

[2ashevillesailors]

I have been reading about the Wicklow Mountains south of Dublin and also about Glendalough, would love to hear of any ones experience.

[cnd crsr]

Yes, have done this excursion and really enjoyed it. What kind of details are you interested in hearing?

[John Bull]

Some years ago, in a van. Driver took an interesting route - hills (Irish mountains ;)) & moorland going out, valleys & coast going back.

A good day.

 

JB :)

Edited March 27, 2015 by John Bull

[dixieagle]

We visited Glendalough many years ago, on our own. It is a lovely place, well worth a visit.

[TMLAalum]

Glendalough is not a typical monastery in that there is an intact church, but rather ruins of several buildings spread over a large area. There is a lake as part of the grounds.

 

Set up in Glendalough's carpark are various vendors. I had to chuckle at the names chosen... named after one of the saints of Glendalough-Kevin's Kitchen!

[2ashevillesailors]

Yes, have done this excursion and really enjoyed it. What kind of details are you interested in hearing?

 

What were the highlights of your visit? Had read there is a Monastary there, how much of it is still standing. Is it the building right by the cemetery?

[pzbz]

What were the highlights of your visit? Had read there is a Monastary there, how much of it is still standing. Is it the building right by the cemetery?

 

Hi Mary,

I think that from the photos I have seen of the area it is mostly ruins with lovely Celtic crosses in the nearby cemetry...something very etheral about it all!

[Cotswold Eagle]

What were the highlights of your visit? Had read there is a Monastary there, how much of it is still standing. Is it the building right by the cemetery?

 

The whole site is monastic - in this context 'monastary' refers to a complex, not a single building.