St. Brendan's Clonfert Cathedral

Clonfert Cathedral - Brendanstown - County Galway - Ireland

Cathédrale de Clonfert - Brendanstown - Comté de Galway - Irlande
Coordonnées GPS: 53°14'26.5N 8°03'30.6W

Sans contredit, l'un des plus beaux monastères que nous ayons vu en Irlande. Celui-ci a été fondé au VIe siècle par l'évangéliste Saint Brendan. Il est devenu une cathédrale au XIIe siècle.

Une toute petite cathédrale, mais un bijou architectural sans pareil.

Son porche est orné de motifs représentant des têtes humaines, des animaux et autres éléments décoratifs. On y découvre également des sculptures de sirènes et dragons.

Elle possède également de magnifiques vitraux dont certains datent du XIIIe siècle.

La chaire a été finement sculptée dans du bois de chêne. Un travail de précision qui en fait un chef-d'oeuvre remarquable.

La cathédrale est également entourée d'un joli cimetière dont certaines pierres tombales datent du XVIIe siècle.

Un lieu sacré, un lieu de paix, un superbe lieu à ne pas manquer si vous passez dans le coin.

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Clonfert House of Prayer 2017

Nearby Clonfert Cathedral, Galway, St Brendan''s Grave.
House of Prayer from after 10am till 5pm with break for lunch, a full structured day and time also at lunch to visit cathedral and nearby wood.

Clonfert House of prayer Emmanuel House of Providence. 2012

Great singing and praying at Clonfert. Site of 6th century monastery of St Brendan, at one time there were 3,000 students some from Europe and England.12th century cathedral nearby, also Nuns Walk, Brendan Tree and c 14th century Our Lady and Jesus oak statue, found in tree and now in Local Clonfert Church.

Clonfert Meelick Pride of Place Winners 2009.wmv

This is a pictorial video of the Parishes of Meelick and Clonfert in South East Galway. Meelick and Clonfert were entered in the 2009 Pride of Place competition by Galway County Council and sucessfully won the overall all Ireland prize for their population. The Pride of Place Competition recognises and celebrates the vital contributions that community partnerships make to society. The focus is on people coming together to shape, change and enjoy all that is good about their local area. It differs from other similar projects in that they specifically recognise the involvement of the local community in all aspects of rural and urban regeneration including, promoting social cohesion, involvement in planning, the promotion of heritage and environmental awareness.

The Pride of Place competition springs from Co-operation Ireland's work with Local Authorities on a cross-border basis through the Local Authority All Island Steering Forum. This forum established a wide range of projects. One of these projects was the Pride of Place Initiative. This initiative expertly guided by Chairman, Tom Dowling grew from strength to strength and has proved to be a run away success in terms of interest and participation from local community groups and their respective Local Authorities. We could safely now say that this is a flagship initiative of the forum.