Clonmacnoise, a medieval monastery

[@Jonpoo1]

Always here for old church content. Great video. Thanks guys.

[@benrobertson7855]

Great well presented content.thanks.

[@paddylyons2510]

I absolutely love this channel and have been following it for years now. I let you know now, this is very well presented, love to see you're doing some Irish stuff, but just have to pull you up on a few pronunciations there if that's okay; it's clon-mac-noyce like Joyce, not noise like toys, the same would apply to monasterboice ie Boyce etc, ciran is keer-On, the fada denotes the long vowel and its conn--nocht like noct-t-urnal, the ocht like the german for 8 is a bit guttural, other than that its perfect lads well done

[@paddylyons2510]

Don't worry the English have a lazy habit of saying con-naught like nought, they soften it as if it was norman, i' ought to go', when its clearly a more celtic-saxon guttural sound. noise, is actually french like nu-was-E, which gets morphed into awwesse -noyce etc, any name in Irish that ends in an referees to something being young or little etc

[@smarthistory-art-history]

As an art historian who grew up in Brooklyn, Irish pronunciation posed quite a challenge. ;)

[@paddylyons2510]

@@smarthistory-art-history not a bother, you did really well, most people butcher it to be fair to you, i can see you really did try your best to pronounce, believe me i have heard far worse mate, Irish is as complicated as japanesse, and we natives struggle with at the best of times, but i thought you'd appreciate that, just for the clarification.

[@magicknight13]

I didn't know that, thank you!

[@magicknight13]

Im Irish in heritage but living in the states, and I wish I could go... it feels so deeply like home, such a mystical and astoundingly beautiful place with such unique people! This feels like the closest I can go. Excellent and beautiful!

[@mompreneurlife]

❤wow this is so cool! ❤

[@kathyastrom1315]

I was there nine years ago on a similarly damp chilly day in midweek, so there were few other people around. It was fascinating walking around the buildings and gravestones, and the setting alongside the river was stunning.

[@hussain6469]

Do more videos on Islamic architecture, Ummayad mosque, Imam Reza Shrine etc.

[@smarthistory-art-history]

You can find all of our content on the art and architecture of the Islamic world here: smarthistory.org/islamic/

[@hussain6469]

@@smarthistory-art-history definitely consider researching Imam reza shrine, it is (arguably) the largest mosque in the world, similar to Isfahan mosque

[@Sasha0927]

Appreciating the pronunciation guide in the comments and the gorgeous, overcast weather. Love a gloomy, quiet day. I also appreciate the flowers poking through the shrines. The grave slabs were interesting - what would a grave slab for a tired PM on infinite hold with an insurance company look like? 💀😋

[@darklingeraeld-ridge7946]

The annals say: when the monks of Clonmacnoise / Were all at prayer in the oratory / A ship appeared above them in the air. The anchor dragged along behind so deep / It hooked itself into the altar rails / And then, as the big hull rocked to a standstill / a crew man shinned and grappled down the rope / And struggled to release it. But in vain. / ‘This man can’t bear our life here and will drown.’ / The abbot said, ‘unless we help him.’ So / They did, the freed ship sailed, and the man climbed back / Out of the marvellous as he had known it. Seamus Heaney from ‘Seeing Things’

[@bookofdust]

The new book Haven by Emma Donoghue deals with Irish medieval monks trying to found a chapel on Skellig Michael and that one small building was reminiscent of what they try to create.

[@smarthistory-art-history]

See our recent video on Skellig Michael: smarthistory.org/skellig-michael/

[@Robin-yf6yl]

I saw Skellig Michael on the ecclesiastical man - a video there would be extraordinary

[@smarthistory-art-history]

See our recent video on Skellig Michael here: smarthistory.org/skellig-michael/