A Visit to an Old, Abandoned Church...

On the way back from horse riding somewhere in the green fields of Ireland, we decided on a whim to stop and take a look around at this old church.  This is Moor Abbey.  Here is a little history lesson

"Moor Abbey, otherwise known as Galbally, was originally founded by Donough O'Brien in the 13th century, but was apparantly re-founded in 1471, although plundered in the following year.  It was suppressed in 1540.  Shortly after 1570 the friars who had remained on in the building were massacred."

People say that you can still see the ghosts of those friars when you go inside the church.  We were not part of the lucky few, but what I did see was a beautiful one structure.

View from the outside entrance...

View from the inside:

A beautiful view from one of the "windows" (I say that in quotes because I am not sure if this was once an actual window or something else):

Entrance to the upstairs part of the church:

 The beautiful landscape surrounding the church: