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gougane barra, ballingeary, county cork. 6th – 19th century. gougane barra is a wild and wonderful glaciated valley located in the shehy mountains in west cork. the name translates to mean lough eske castle, lough eske. county donegal           1868 lough eske was once part of the domain of the powerful o’donnell clan who ruled from the nearby donegal castle for hundreds of years. boyle abbey, boyle. county roscommon         1161 –  1592 boyle abbey was the first cistercian monastery founded in the province of connacht. it was established in 1161 under the patronage of the. creevykeel court tomb, creevykeel. county sligo       c. 4000 – 2500 b. c. the creevykeel court tomb is regarded as one of the finest examples of a full-court tomb in ireland. this national monument is in a chain of sligo abbey is located right in the middle of sligo town. it was built by maurice fitzgerald for the dominicans in 1252 and includes a great garinish island also known as ‘ilnacullin’ or ‘island of holly’ is located in the sheltered harbour of glengarriff in west. glenveagh castle, glenveagh national park. county donegal     1867. glenveagh castle was built in 1867 by john george adair, a wealthy land speculator from co. laois. his dream was to create a beautiful. seefin pas*age tomb, kilbride. county wicklow      c. 3300 b.c – 3000 b.c . the seefin pas*age tomb is located on a hilltop 1700 feet above sea level and dates to somewhere between 3300 to 3000 b.c. the tomb’s. once the site of a 7th century monastery, a cistercian abbey & a convent. moore abbey, monasterevin. co.kildare was built in 1767. this was originally the site of the 7th century monastery of st evin. in the. site of the earliest known irish parliament & the oldest intact stone window in western europe. castledermot, county kildare    7th – 18th century a. d.   . castledermot packs a big punch for having historical buildings. this small town was originally called ‘diseart diarmad’; meaning