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Stories from a Sacred Landscape.


Stories From A Sacred Landscape

Caimin O'Brien

Irish Books & Media, Inc.

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185635489X, $59.95 www.irishbook.com 1-800-229-3505

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 illustrated with both color and b/w photography, "Stories From A Sacred Landscape: Croghan Hill Croghan Hill is the remains of an extinct volcano and rises from the Bog of Allen in the midlands of Ireland in County Offaly. Though only 232 m high it commands extensive views of the surrounding midland counties, across the flat, low-lying expanse of the Bog of Allen.  To Clonmacnoise" is a 230-page coffee-table book showcasing twenty-three of County Offaly's early Irish Christian monastic sites. Each featured sacred place serves as a narrative and archaeological framework in which to trace the history of Christianity
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The history of Christianity
 in Offaly. Taken all together, these twenty-three sites offer a composite of the complex and sometimes contradictory history of Christianity in Ireland as a whole. Informed and informative, "Stories From A Sacred Landscape" is a welcome and strongly recommended addition to personal and academic library Irish History and Christian History reference collections and supplemental reading lists.
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Date:Dec 1, 2006
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