{"id":290,"date":"2017-09-28T17:10:03","date_gmt":"2017-09-28T17:10:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/travels.x10.bz\/wp\/?p=290"},"modified":"2022-07-08T17:25:20","modified_gmt":"2022-07-08T21:25:20","slug":"clonmacnoise","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/travel.woodring.us\/wordpress\/2017\/09\/28\/clonmacnoise\/","title":{"rendered":"Clonmacnoise"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>It was rainy and dreary when we left Galway on Thursday but we&#8217;d decided to see some villages in the interior so we set our route for Clonmacnoise. &nbsp;It&#8217;s an ancient monastic site founded in AD 548 near the banks of the Shannon River. &nbsp;The site has a long, complicated history and a twenty-minute video gave us the full story. &nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>There are many graves and high crosses in very good condition.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/travel.woodring.us\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/img_1257.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/travel.woodring.us\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/img_1257.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"4032\" height=\"3024\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-287\" srcset=\"https:\/\/travel.woodring.us\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/img_1257.jpg 4032w, https:\/\/travel.woodring.us\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/img_1257-150x113.jpg 150w, https:\/\/travel.woodring.us\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/img_1257-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/travel.woodring.us\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/img_1257-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/travel.woodring.us\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/img_1257-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/travel.woodring.us\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/img_1257-750x563.jpg 750w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nAnd the remains of several churches.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/travel.woodring.us\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/img_1264.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/travel.woodring.us\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/img_1264.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"3024\" height=\"4032\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-288\" srcset=\"https:\/\/travel.woodring.us\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/img_1264.jpg 3024w, https:\/\/travel.woodring.us\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/img_1264-113x150.jpg 113w, https:\/\/travel.woodring.us\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/img_1264-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/travel.woodring.us\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/img_1264-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/travel.woodring.us\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/img_1264-750x1000.jpg 750w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nThe video, museum with many artifacts, and a walk around the actual site made Clonmacnoise an interesting stop. &nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/travel.woodring.us\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/img_1251-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/travel.woodring.us\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/img_1251-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"3024\" height=\"4032\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-289\" srcset=\"https:\/\/travel.woodring.us\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/img_1251-1.jpg 3024w, https:\/\/travel.woodring.us\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/img_1251-1-113x150.jpg 113w, https:\/\/travel.woodring.us\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/img_1251-1-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/travel.woodring.us\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/img_1251-1-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/travel.woodring.us\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/img_1251-1-750x1000.jpg 750w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nIf the weather had been better, we would have spent more time exploring the villages in this region but we abandoned that plan and drove on to our next stop Athlone!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It was rainy and dreary when we left Galway on Thursday but we&#8217;d decided to see some villages in the interior so we set our route for Clonmacnoise. &nbsp;It&#8217;s an ancient monastic site founded in AD 548 near the banks of the Shannon River. &nbsp;The site has a long, complicated history and a twenty-minute video &hellip; 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