A fine balance: Clonmacnoise Castle ruin with Round Tower. A few twisted fragments of stone masonry on top of a mound


A fine balance: Clonmacnoise Castle ruin with Round Tower. A few twisted fragments of stone masonry on top of a mound is all that remains of this ancient castle near the monastery. O'Rourke's round tower and the monastic site are in the background. Clonmacnoise Castle, Clonmacnoise, Offaly, Ireland


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Location: Clonmacnoise, Offaly, Ireland
Photo credit: © Marshall Ikonography / Alamy / Afripics
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