Stories from a Sacred Landscape.
Stories From A Sacred Landscape
Caimin O'Brien
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Profusely pro·fuse adj. 1. Plentiful; copious.
2. Giving or given freely and abundantly; extravagant: were profuse in their compliments. 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 - Church historian redirects here. For the official church historian in the LDS Church, see Church Historian and Recorder.
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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