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JOYCEAN PICS 2008

Clonmacnoise (Cluain Mhic Nois)

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  Clonmacnoise (Cluain Mhic Nois), Co. Offaly

CONTENTS 2008

1	Tours IJJF Symposium 2008: "Re-Nascent Joyce"

2	Tours and Joyce

3	Tours: miscellanea

4	La Maison du Vouvray

5	Boat Trip down the Loire

6	Chateau Royal or the Da Vinci Court, Amboise

7	Paris and Joyce

8	Paris: miscellanea

9	Mont-Saint-Michel

10	Dublin, Jew and Joyce: "Jublin"

11	Dublin: miscellanea

12	Athlone

13	Clonmacnoise (Cluain Mhic Nois)

14	Belfast: "You Are Now Entering Loyalist Sandy Row"

15	Carrickfergus Castle

16	The Hurry Head, East Antrim (Co. Antrim)

17	Carrick-a-Rede

18	The Old Bushmills Distillery Co. Ltd.

19	Dunluce Castle

20	The Giant's Causeway

21	Seoul JJSK Conference 2008

22	Seoul: miscellanea 2008

Clonmacnoise (Cluain Mhic Nois), Co. Offaly 23 June 2008

The monastery of Clonmacnoise (Cluain Mhic Nois in Irish, meaning "Meadow of the Sons of Nos") is situated in County Offaly, Ireland on the River Shannon south of Athlone. It was visited by Pope John Paul II (Latin: Ioannes Paulus PP. II) in 1979. The site can be visited for a fee, via an Interpretative Centre. The modern village of Clonmacnoise is beside the monastery on the R444 regional road 7 km north of Shannonbridge, County Offaly.
Clonmacnoise was built in 545 by Saint Ciaran at the point where the major east-west land route through the bogs of central Ireland along the Eiscir Riada, an esker or moraine left by the receding glaciers of the last ice age crossed the River Shannon. Saint Ciaran had been educated by Saint Diarmuid of Clonard and Saint Finian. Shortly after his arrival, Ciaran met Diarmait mac Cerbaill who helped him build the first church -- a small wooden structure and the first of many small churches to be clustered on the site. Diarmuid was to claim the title of the first Christian High King of Ireland. Ciaran died about one year later of the yellow plague; he was in his early thirties. (Referred to the site of Wikipedia.)

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Clonmacnoise      Clonmacnoise (Cluain Mhic Nois), Co. Offaly

cmn2008-002 (Monday 23 June) Entrance to the Visitor Centre, Clonmacnoise

cmn2008-003 (Monday 23 June) Inscription of the sculpture titled "The Pilgrim" dedicated to "Aedh, son of the chief of Oriel, died on pilgrimage, 606 A.D.," Clonmacnoise

cmn2008-004 (Monday 23 June) The sculpture titled "The Pilgrim" dedicated to "Aedh, son of the chief of Oriel, died on pilgrimage, 606 A.D.," Clonmacnoise

cmn2008-008 (Monday 23 June) Courtesy of Clonmacnoise Visitor Centre

cmn2008-009 (Monday 23 June) East face of the Cross of the Scriptures, Clonmacnoise.
  This is one of Ireland's finest surviving "high crosses," named on the assumption that it is the cross of that name referred to in chronicles under the year 1060.  The inscriptions on the east and west faces of the base of the shaft are badly damaged, but they have been convincingly reconstructed to read continuously, starting on the west side: "OR DO RIG FLAIND MAC MAELSECHNAILL OROIT DO RIG HERENN OR DO COLMAN DORRO... IN CROSA AR... RIG FLAIND." (A prayer for King Flann, son of Maelsechnaill, a player for the king of Ireland.  A prayer for Colman who made this cross for King Flann.)
  All sides of the cross and base are covered with decoration, mostly depictions of human figures in panels, either singly or in groups.  All of these figured panels would have had a definitive meaning for the sculptor's contemporaries, but now the meaning of many of them, especially on this crosses, but others are open to various interpretations whether biblical, historical or allegorical.  (Extracted from the official booklet of "Clonmacnoise Co. Offaly" (2nd ed. 1998/2005, pp.41-42.)

cmn2008-010 (Monday 23 June) West face of the Cross of the Scriptures, Clonmacnoise

cmn2008-011 (Monday 23 June) West face of the Cross of the Scriptures, Clonmacnoise

cmn2008-012 (Monday 23 June) East face of the Cross of the Scriptures, Clonmacnoise

cmn2008-013 (Monday 23 June) East face of the Cross of the Scriptures, Clonmacnoise

cmn2008-014 (Monday 23 June) East face of the Cross of the Scriptures, Clonmacnoise

cmn2008-015 (Monday 23 June) The South Cross of Clonmacnoise.
  Stylistically, this is an earlier type of "high cross" with mainly abstract ornament.  There is only one figured scene, that on the west face of the shaft just below the crosshead; and it is a depiction of the crucifixion.  This cross is closely akin to the Ahenny group of crosses and all have features apparently derived from metal-encased wooden crosses.  While some scholars would argue for a date around or even before 800 for this cross, others would favor a date further into the ninth century, and a recent reading of some of the letters of the very badly damaged inscription at the base of the west face of the shaft would tentatively suggest that it may have been commissioned by King Maelsechnaill mac Maelruanaid, the father of Flann who is named on the Cross of the Scriptures, who was King of Tara from 846 to 862.  (Extracted from the official booklet of "Clonmacnoise Co. Offaly" (2nd ed. 1998/2005, pp.44-45.)

cmn2008-016 (Monday 23 June) The South Cross of Clonmacnoise

cmn2008-017 (Monday 23 June) The South Cross of Clonmacnoise

cmn2008-018 (Monday 23 June) The South Cross of Clonmacnoise

cmn2008-019 (Monday 23 June) The North Cross of Clonmacnoise.
  Only the shaft of this cross survives with the remains of a tenon at the top, over which the head, with a corresponding mortise in its underside, would have fitted.  The stone of the shaft has veins of harder material running through it, and these stand out where the remainder has eroded slightly.  Only three sides of the shaft are decorated; the fourth, the east side, is totally blank.  The reason for this is unknown but it may originally have stood against a building.  The repertoire of ornament includes interlaced human figures, animals and panels with interlacing designs.  This, along with two related fragmants from the site, the shaft from Banagher, Co. Offaly and the cross from Bealin, Co. Meath, are the products of one workshop and have been dated to around 800.  The animals have parallels on carved slabs in Scotland, while other aspects of the decoration, including the human figures, have parallels in the "Book of Kells."  Excavation around the north cross in 1990 revealed that the shaft was set in a large circular sandstone base which was originally a millstone.  It appears to have been shaped to take a box-like superstructure rising 0.3 meters above the present top of the base.  Parallels for this feature are found at Iona in western Scotland.  (Extracted from the official booklet of "Clonmacnoise Co. Offaly" (2nd ed. 1998/2005, p.46.)

cmn2008-027 (Monday 23 June) The Round Tower (1124-1200; 5.6 meters in diameter at the base and over 19 meters high), Clonmacnoise.  In Irish sources, the word used for a round tower is "cloigtheach," meaning belfry.

cmn2008-029 (Monday 23 June) Remains of the Cathedral of Clonmacnoise

cmn2008-030 (Monday 23 June) The Round Tower (1124-1200; 5.6 meters in diameter at the base and over 19 meters high), Clonmacnoise.  In Irish sources, the word used for a round tower is "cloigtheach," meaning belfry.

cmn2008-031 (Monday 23 June) Remains of the Cathedral of Clonmacnoise

cmn2008-032 (Monday 23 June) Temple Connor, Clonmacnoise

cmn2008-033 (Monday 23 June) Temple Connor, Clonmacnoise

cmn2008-034 (Monday 23 June) The Round Tower (1124-1200; 5.6 meters in diameter at the base and over 19 meters high), Clonmacnoise.  In Irish sources, the word used for a round tower is "cloigtheach," meaning belfry.

cmn2008-035 (Monday 23 June) The Round Tower (1124-1200; 5.6 meters in diameter at the base and over 19 meters high), Clonmacnoise.  In Irish sources, the word used for a round tower is "cloigtheach," meaning belfry.

cmn2008-036 (Monday 23 June) The Round Tower (1124-1200; 5.6 meters in diameter at the base and over 19 meters high), Clonmacnoise.  In Irish sources, the word used for a round tower is "cloigtheach," meaning belfry.

cmn2008-037 (Monday 23 June) Temple Connor and the Round Tower, Clonmacnoise

cmn2008-038 (Monday 23 June) Remains of Temple Kelly and the Cathedral, Clonmacnoise

cmn2008-039 (Monday 23 June) The old graveyard of Clonmacnoise

cmn2008-040 (Monday 23 June) Temple Kelly, Temple Ciaran and Temple Melaghlin, viewed from the old graveyard of Clonmacnoise

cmn2008-041 (Monday 23 June) Temple Kelly, Temple Ciaran and Temple Melaghlin, viewed from the old graveyard of Clonmacnoise

cmn2008-042 (Monday 23 June) The old graveyard of Clonmacnoise

cmn2008-043 (Monday 23 June) Temple Kelly, Temple Ciaran and Temple Melaghlin, viewed from the old graveyard of Clonmacnoise

cmn2008-044 (Monday 23 June) Temple Kelly, Temple Ciaran and Temple Melaghlin, viewed from the old graveyard of Clonmacnoise

cmn2008-045 (Monday 23 June) Temple Melaghlin and McLaffey's Church, Clonmacnoise

cmn2008-046 (Monday 23 June) Temple Melaghlin and McLaffey's Church, Clonmacnoise

cmn2008-047 (Monday 23 June) Temple Melaghlin and McLaffey's Church, Clonmacnoise

cmn2008-049 (Monday 23 June) Temple Dowling, the Cathedral and the Round Tower, Clonmacnoise

cmn2008-050 (Monday 23 June) The South Cross (replica), the Round Tower and the Temple Dowling, Clonmacnoise

cmn2008-051 (Monday 23 June) The Cross of the Scriptures (replica) and the Cathedral, Clonmacnoise

cmn2008-053 (Monday 23 June) The Temple Dowling, Clonmacnoise

cmn2008-054 (Monday 23 June) The Cathedral of Clonmacnoise

cmn2008-056 (Monday 23 June) The Cathedral of Clonmacnoise

cmn2008-057 (Monday 23 June) The Cathedral of Clonmacnoise

cmn2008-059 (Monday 23 June) The Cathedral of Clonmacnoise

cmn2008-061 (Monday 23 June) The Cathedral of Clonmacnoise

cmn2008-062 (Monday 23 June) The Cathedral of Clonmacnoise

cmn2008-063 (Monday 23 June) The Cathedral of Clonmacnoise

cmn2008-064 (Monday 23 June) Temple Connor of Clonmacnoise

cmn2008-065 (Monday 23 June) Unreadable inscription (for me), the Cathedral of Clonmacnoise

cmn2008-066 (Monday 23 June) Cross of the Scriptures (replica), viewed from the Cathedral of Clonmacnoise

cmn2008-068 (Monday 23 June) Cross of the Scriptures (replica), viewed from the Cathedral of Clonmacnoise

cmn2008-069 (Monday 23 June) Cross of the Scriptures (replica) with the Cathedral in the background

cmn2008-071 (Monday 23 June) Temple Connor of Clonmacnoise

cmn2008-073 (Monday 23 June) Temple Connor of Clonmacnoise

cmn2008-074 (Monday 23 June) Temple Connor of Clonmacnoise

cmn2008-075 (Monday 23 June) The Round Tower of Clonmacnoise

cmn2008-076 (Monday 23 June) Temple Connor of Clonmacnoise

cmn2008-077 (Monday 23 June) River Shannon over the wall of Clonmacnoise

cmn2008-078 (Monday 23 June) Temple Finghin, Clonmacnoise

cmn2008-079 (Monday 23 June) Temple Finghin, Clonmacnoise

cmn2008-080 (Monday 23 June) Temple Finghin, Clonmacnoise

cmn2008-082 (Monday 23 June) Temple Ciaran, Clonmacnoise

cmn2008-083 (Monday 23 June) Temple Ciaran, Clonmacnoise

cmn2008-084 (Monday 23 June) Temple Ciaran, Clonmacnoise

cmn2008-085 (Monday 23 June) Temple Melaghlin, Clonmacnoise

cmn2008-086 (Monday 23 June) Temple Melaghlin, Clonmacnoise

cmn2008-087 (Monday 23 June) McLaffey's Church, Clonmacnoise

cmn2008-088 (Monday 23 June) McLaffey's Church, Clonmacnoise

cmn2008-089 (Monday 23 June) McLaffey's Church, Clonmacnoise

cmn2008-090 (Monday 23 June) McLaffey's Church, Clonmacnoise

cmn2008-091 (Monday 23 June) The Round Tower of Clonmacnoise and River Shannon

cmn2008-092 (Monday 23 June) River Shannon, viewed from Clonmacnoise

cmn2008-093 (Monday 23 June) River Shannon, viewed from Clonmacnoise

cmn2008-094 (Monday 23 June) River Shannon, viewed from Clonmacnoise

cmn2008-095 (Monday 23 June) River Shannon, viewed from Clonmacnoise

cmn2008-096 (Monday 23 June) The Callows

Maintained by Eishiro Ito

IMAGE	IMAGE NO.	DATA
Clonmacnoise		Clonmacnoise (Cluain Mhic Nois), Co. Offaly
	cmn2008-002	(Monday 23 June) Entrance to the Visitor Centre, Clonmacnoise
	cmn2008-003	(Monday 23 June) Inscription of the sculpture titled "The Pilgrim" dedicated to "Aedh, son of the chief of Oriel, died on pilgrimage, 606 A.D.," Clonmacnoise
	cmn2008-004	(Monday 23 June) The sculpture titled "The Pilgrim" dedicated to "Aedh, son of the chief of Oriel, died on pilgrimage, 606 A.D.," Clonmacnoise
	cmn2008-008	(Monday 23 June) Courtesy of Clonmacnoise Visitor Centre
	cmn2008-009	(Monday 23 June) East face of the Cross of the Scriptures, Clonmacnoise. This is one of Ireland's finest surviving "high crosses," named on the assumption that it is the cross of that name referred to in chronicles under the year 1060. The inscriptions on the east and west faces of the base of the shaft are badly damaged, but they have been convincingly reconstructed to read continuously, starting on the west side: "OR DO RIG FLAIND MAC MAELSECHNAILL OROIT DO RIG HERENN OR DO COLMAN DORRO... IN CROSA AR... RIG FLAIND." (A prayer for King Flann, son of Maelsechnaill, a player for the king of Ireland. A prayer for Colman who made this cross for King Flann.) All sides of the cross and base are covered with decoration, mostly depictions of human figures in panels, either singly or in groups. All of these figured panels would have had a definitive meaning for the sculptor's contemporaries, but now the meaning of many of them, especially on this crosses, but others are open to various interpretations whether biblical, historical or allegorical. (Extracted from the official booklet of "Clonmacnoise Co. Offaly" (2nd ed. 1998/2005, pp.41-42.)
	cmn2008-010	(Monday 23 June) West face of the Cross of the Scriptures, Clonmacnoise
	cmn2008-011	(Monday 23 June) West face of the Cross of the Scriptures, Clonmacnoise
	cmn2008-012	(Monday 23 June) East face of the Cross of the Scriptures, Clonmacnoise
	cmn2008-013	(Monday 23 June) East face of the Cross of the Scriptures, Clonmacnoise
	cmn2008-014	(Monday 23 June) East face of the Cross of the Scriptures, Clonmacnoise
	cmn2008-015	(Monday 23 June) The South Cross of Clonmacnoise. Stylistically, this is an earlier type of "high cross" with mainly abstract ornament. There is only one figured scene, that on the west face of the shaft just below the crosshead; and it is a depiction of the crucifixion. This cross is closely akin to the Ahenny group of crosses and all have features apparently derived from metal-encased wooden crosses. While some scholars would argue for a date around or even before 800 for this cross, others would favor a date further into the ninth century, and a recent reading of some of the letters of the very badly damaged inscription at the base of the west face of the shaft would tentatively suggest that it may have been commissioned by King Maelsechnaill mac Maelruanaid, the father of Flann who is named on the Cross of the Scriptures, who was King of Tara from 846 to 862. (Extracted from the official booklet of "Clonmacnoise Co. Offaly" (2nd ed. 1998/2005, pp.44-45.)
	cmn2008-016	(Monday 23 June) The South Cross of Clonmacnoise
	cmn2008-017	(Monday 23 June) The South Cross of Clonmacnoise
	cmn2008-018	(Monday 23 June) The South Cross of Clonmacnoise
	cmn2008-019	(Monday 23 June) The North Cross of Clonmacnoise. Only the shaft of this cross survives with the remains of a tenon at the top, over which the head, with a corresponding mortise in its underside, would have fitted. The stone of the shaft has veins of harder material running through it, and these stand out where the remainder has eroded slightly. Only three sides of the shaft are decorated; the fourth, the east side, is totally blank. The reason for this is unknown but it may originally have stood against a building. The repertoire of ornament includes interlaced human figures, animals and panels with interlacing designs. This, along with two related fragmants from the site, the shaft from Banagher, Co. Offaly and the cross from Bealin, Co. Meath, are the products of one workshop and have been dated to around 800. The animals have parallels on carved slabs in Scotland, while other aspects of the decoration, including the human figures, have parallels in the "Book of Kells." Excavation around the north cross in 1990 revealed that the shaft was set in a large circular sandstone base which was originally a millstone. It appears to have been shaped to take a box-like superstructure rising 0.3 meters above the present top of the base. Parallels for this feature are found at Iona in western Scotland. (Extracted from the official booklet of "Clonmacnoise Co. Offaly" (2nd ed. 1998/2005, p.46.)
	cmn2008-027	(Monday 23 June) The Round Tower (1124-1200; 5.6 meters in diameter at the base and over 19 meters high), Clonmacnoise. In Irish sources, the word used for a round tower is "cloigtheach," meaning belfry.
	cmn2008-029	(Monday 23 June) Remains of the Cathedral of Clonmacnoise
	cmn2008-030	(Monday 23 June) The Round Tower (1124-1200; 5.6 meters in diameter at the base and over 19 meters high), Clonmacnoise. In Irish sources, the word used for a round tower is "cloigtheach," meaning belfry.
	cmn2008-031	(Monday 23 June) Remains of the Cathedral of Clonmacnoise
	cmn2008-032	(Monday 23 June) Temple Connor, Clonmacnoise
	cmn2008-033	(Monday 23 June) Temple Connor, Clonmacnoise
	cmn2008-034	(Monday 23 June) The Round Tower (1124-1200; 5.6 meters in diameter at the base and over 19 meters high), Clonmacnoise. In Irish sources, the word used for a round tower is "cloigtheach," meaning belfry.
	cmn2008-035	(Monday 23 June) The Round Tower (1124-1200; 5.6 meters in diameter at the base and over 19 meters high), Clonmacnoise. In Irish sources, the word used for a round tower is "cloigtheach," meaning belfry.
	cmn2008-036	(Monday 23 June) The Round Tower (1124-1200; 5.6 meters in diameter at the base and over 19 meters high), Clonmacnoise. In Irish sources, the word used for a round tower is "cloigtheach," meaning belfry.
	cmn2008-037	(Monday 23 June) Temple Connor and the Round Tower, Clonmacnoise
	cmn2008-038	(Monday 23 June) Remains of Temple Kelly and the Cathedral, Clonmacnoise
	cmn2008-039	(Monday 23 June) The old graveyard of Clonmacnoise
	cmn2008-040	(Monday 23 June) Temple Kelly, Temple Ciaran and Temple Melaghlin, viewed from the old graveyard of Clonmacnoise
	cmn2008-041	(Monday 23 June) Temple Kelly, Temple Ciaran and Temple Melaghlin, viewed from the old graveyard of Clonmacnoise
	cmn2008-042	(Monday 23 June) The old graveyard of Clonmacnoise
	cmn2008-043	(Monday 23 June) Temple Kelly, Temple Ciaran and Temple Melaghlin, viewed from the old graveyard of Clonmacnoise
	cmn2008-044	(Monday 23 June) Temple Kelly, Temple Ciaran and Temple Melaghlin, viewed from the old graveyard of Clonmacnoise
	cmn2008-045	(Monday 23 June) Temple Melaghlin and McLaffey's Church, Clonmacnoise
	cmn2008-046	(Monday 23 June) Temple Melaghlin and McLaffey's Church, Clonmacnoise
	cmn2008-047	(Monday 23 June) Temple Melaghlin and McLaffey's Church, Clonmacnoise
	cmn2008-049	(Monday 23 June) Temple Dowling, the Cathedral and the Round Tower, Clonmacnoise
	cmn2008-050	(Monday 23 June) The South Cross (replica), the Round Tower and the Temple Dowling, Clonmacnoise
	cmn2008-051	(Monday 23 June) The Cross of the Scriptures (replica) and the Cathedral, Clonmacnoise
	cmn2008-053	(Monday 23 June) The Temple Dowling, Clonmacnoise
	cmn2008-054	(Monday 23 June) The Cathedral of Clonmacnoise
	cmn2008-056	(Monday 23 June) The Cathedral of Clonmacnoise
	cmn2008-057	(Monday 23 June) The Cathedral of Clonmacnoise
	cmn2008-059	(Monday 23 June) The Cathedral of Clonmacnoise
	cmn2008-061	(Monday 23 June) The Cathedral of Clonmacnoise
	cmn2008-062	(Monday 23 June) The Cathedral of Clonmacnoise
	cmn2008-063	(Monday 23 June) The Cathedral of Clonmacnoise
	cmn2008-064	(Monday 23 June) Temple Connor of Clonmacnoise
	cmn2008-065	(Monday 23 June) Unreadable inscription (for me), the Cathedral of Clonmacnoise
	cmn2008-066	(Monday 23 June) Cross of the Scriptures (replica), viewed from the Cathedral of Clonmacnoise
	cmn2008-068	(Monday 23 June) Cross of the Scriptures (replica), viewed from the Cathedral of Clonmacnoise
	cmn2008-069	(Monday 23 June) Cross of the Scriptures (replica) with the Cathedral in the background
	cmn2008-071	(Monday 23 June) Temple Connor of Clonmacnoise
	cmn2008-073	(Monday 23 June) Temple Connor of Clonmacnoise
	cmn2008-074	(Monday 23 June) Temple Connor of Clonmacnoise
	cmn2008-075	(Monday 23 June) The Round Tower of Clonmacnoise
	cmn2008-076	(Monday 23 June) Temple Connor of Clonmacnoise
	cmn2008-077	(Monday 23 June) River Shannon over the wall of Clonmacnoise
	cmn2008-078	(Monday 23 June) Temple Finghin, Clonmacnoise
	cmn2008-079	(Monday 23 June) Temple Finghin, Clonmacnoise
	cmn2008-080	(Monday 23 June) Temple Finghin, Clonmacnoise
	cmn2008-082	(Monday 23 June) Temple Ciaran, Clonmacnoise
	cmn2008-083	(Monday 23 June) Temple Ciaran, Clonmacnoise
	cmn2008-084	(Monday 23 June) Temple Ciaran, Clonmacnoise
	cmn2008-085	(Monday 23 June) Temple Melaghlin, Clonmacnoise
	cmn2008-086	(Monday 23 June) Temple Melaghlin, Clonmacnoise
	cmn2008-087	(Monday 23 June) McLaffey's Church, Clonmacnoise
	cmn2008-088	(Monday 23 June) McLaffey's Church, Clonmacnoise
	cmn2008-089	(Monday 23 June) McLaffey's Church, Clonmacnoise
	cmn2008-090	(Monday 23 June) McLaffey's Church, Clonmacnoise
	cmn2008-091	(Monday 23 June) The Round Tower of Clonmacnoise and River Shannon
	cmn2008-092	(Monday 23 June) River Shannon, viewed from Clonmacnoise
	cmn2008-093	(Monday 23 June) River Shannon, viewed from Clonmacnoise
	cmn2008-094	(Monday 23 June) River Shannon, viewed from Clonmacnoise
	cmn2008-095	(Monday 23 June) River Shannon, viewed from Clonmacnoise
	cmn2008-096	(Monday 23 June) The Callows