Glendalough and Kilkenny (best watched in HD)

Описание: Glendalough is home to one of the most important monastic sites in Ireland. This early Christian monastic settlement was founded by St. Kevin in the 6th century and from this developed the “Monastic City”. Most of the buildings that survive today date from the 10th through 12th centuries.

Kilkenny's origin lies from the early 6th century in the territory known as Ossory. It was first an early Christian settlement, centred on the area near St. Canice's Church.

In the 9th century King Cerball Mac Dunglainge's ability to trade or negotiate with or defeat the invading Vikings, as required, made him the most powerful king in Leinster, and Kilkenny became a major power centre in south-east Ireland.

Kilkenny maintained its position after the 1169 Norman invasion of Ireland, led by Richard FitzGilbert De Clare, or Strongbow.

As Henry the Second had control of the port towns of Dublin, Wexford and Waterford, Strongbow's successor William Marshall built himself a port town in New Ross, 20 miles away on the River Barrow. Marshall continued to develop Kilkenny as a city and he began work on Kilkenny Castle in 1207.
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