Glencolmcille

Glencolmcille (also Glencolmcille or Irish and official name: Gleann Cholm Cille ) is a small village with 724 inhabitants ( Census 2006) in a Gaeltacht region of County Donegal and one of the most historically interesting places in Ireland. In the remote village and its surroundings are home to both prehistoric monuments and early Christian tracks.

The " Glen (Valley) of St. Colmcille " is a popular place of pilgrimage. Its name recalls the holy Columba (Gaelic: Colmcille - the dove ), which was supposedly born in the year 561 AD as the son of a king of Leinster, for a time lived here before he went to Iona in Scotland. He is one of the three patron saints of Ireland.

Basement

An early Christian monastery, from which, however, find no traces, supposed to have been here. The Church of Ireland with an old basement ( basement Straid - rock cut) today forms the center of the village. Right next to the church of Straid is the modern access to the basement. It is about two feet deep tube, but due to lack of tread and holding options can not be used. From the earlier research, it is known that the tube ends next to a rectangular six -meter-long 2.5 m wide and 1.6 m high room is reached via a slip (1.0 × 0.5 m) reaches. To the east lies behind a low slip one over six feet long, about 1.0 m wide and about 1.0 m high gear. In the middle of the west wall is a slip in 0.4 m height above the ground. It leads into a further nine meters long, usually narrow and low gear. A second basement is (destroyed) at the police station.

The Cross - Slabs

The Turas is a pilgrimage that takes place on June 9 on a 13 km long trail with 15 stations. The stations are part of grave mounds and tombs Court or in part, with perhaps pagan symbols covered cross- slab (also Cross Pillar ). They have names like:

• The stone of the Assembly,
• The hill of the cross,
• The source Columcilles,
• The throne Columcilles
• At Caiseal

The Court tombs

• Farranmacbride (Irish Fearann ​​Mhic Giolla Bhride, under this name are several facilities in Ireland known) or man Erna Mortee ( Near Main na Mortaigh ) is a more damaged monument of the type of court tombs with a central courtyard, on a hill in the north of the village.
• Cloghanmore ( An Clochán Mór ) at Malin More is a particularly well-preserved tomb Court, similar Creevykeel, but with the uniqueness lying parallel two galleries, each consisting of two chambers.

The " Folk Village Museum ," which documented the former rural life, was founded in 1950 by James McDyer.

Reference

There is a same place in the Burren in County Clare, West of Gort on the edge of Turloughmore Mountains.