Gallarus Oratory, in Irish Séipéilín Ghallarais, is one of those historical sites that you don't really hear much about. With so much to do in the Dingle Peninsula in Kerry, Ireland, it's easy to miss ...

Gallarus Oratory is one of the finest examples of an Early Christian Church in these islands and is the most popular archaeological site of more than 2,000 monuments on the Dingle Peninsula.The ...

One of the most beautiful ancient buildings in Ireland, the mysterious and serene Gallarus Oratory, is also the most distinctive single monument of the Dingle Peninsula - an area rich in archaeology, ...

I realise that the Gallarus Oratory is already fairly busy dealing with tourists, being among the must-see attractions of the Dingle Peninsula. Even so, it struck me on a recent visit that it could ...

The Dingle Peninsula is mostly undeveloped, leaving intact more than 2,000 ancient structures such as clochans (beehive huts), standing stones, ring forts, ogham stones and holy wells. Some are in ...

Nearly fifty years ago on the Dingle Peninsula of Ireland’s County Kerry, a young Seamus Heaney entered the Gallarus Oratory, a dry-stone chapel “about the size of a large turf-stack,” and had a small ...

Sir - I was reading a piece in your newspaper last Sunday about the Gallarus Oratory in Co Kerry. This piece stated that it was physically impossible for a person to climb out of the oratory (thus ...

Comments: "Gallarus Oratory, Dingle Peninsula. Cut-stone on cut-stone construction, sans mortar. Though the age and purpose of the Oratory remains debatable, the waterproof structure, measuring 16' x ...

The famously watertight Gallarus Oratory on the Dingle Peninsula is listed beside the world’s greatest feats of architecture in a new book called Amazing Architecture: A Spotter’s Guide. The stone ...

ANOTHER favourite walk of mine, here, on Dingle, the sacred monuments of stone our forebearers raised seem still imbuded with the spirit of those who built them. If the weather is right, this is an ...

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