Templars in Ireland : 800th anniversary

Officially the Knights Templar arrived in Ireland in September 1220, though documents pertaining to individual Knights Templar in Ireland go back as far as 1177. The first knights may well have entered Ireland with Strongbow's Anglo-Normans. It is debatable whether this constitutes an involvement of the order or (more likely) of individual knights. These plastic knights produced by Biplant were photographed in Wicklow mountains:)

 

Druids and Sun Worship

Biplant druids in Glendalough near the remains of Reefert Church. Reefert derives its name from the Irish ‘Righ Fearta’ meaning burial place of the kings (referring to the local rulers – the O’Toole family). It dates from the eleventh century and is likely to have been built on the site of an earlier church.  

Robin Hood against the Sheriff of Nottingham

This epic battle was shot at ruins of the St Saviour's Priory in Glendalough (Ireland). These two sets of plastic soldiers were produced by LOD.

Following the Saint Kevin's Way.

The Saint Kevin's Way is a pilgrim path in County Wicklow, Ireland. It is 30 kilometres long and begins in the village of Hollywood, crosses the Wicklow Gap, and ends at the remains of the medieval monastery in Glendalough.

King Arthur and Excalibur ...

In Arthurian romance, a number of explanations are given for Arthur's possession of Excalibur. In Robert de Boron's Merlin, the first tale to mention the "sword in the stone" motif c. 1200, Arthur obtained the British throne by pulling a sword from an anvil sitting atop a stone that appeared in a churchyard on Christmas Eve.

Unlucky crusader ...

Somebody didn't reach Jerusalem... (Biplant) . During the Third Crusade, Emperor Frederick Barbarossa opted on the local Armenians' advice to follow a shortcut along the Saleph river, meanwhile the army started to traverse the mountain path. On 10 June 1190, he drowned near Silifke Castle in the Saleph river.

Vikings in Ireland...(Part 3)

More photos from  journeys with vikings to Glendalough....