This is a cemetary surrounding the disused Saint Patrick's church, built on the site of ruins of a medieval church, adjacent to the Hills of Tara. The Hills of Tara were the seat of the ancient Kings of Ireland, and were one of the most important sacred sites of pagan Ireland. Druid priests roamed this site long before any Irish had ever heard of Jesus Christ, but now the church, which serves today as a visitor's center, is as much a relic as the mounds and monuments of Tara.
From a few yards off from where I snapped this photo, it is said that you can see as much as a quarter of the Emerald Isle, including the "plains of Royal Meath" from which strong men came hurrying through, while Brittannia's huns, with their long range guns sailed out o'er the Foggy Dew.
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