My husband wanted to visit this place. We don't have family there but he'd seen it in a guide and wanted to check it out. I'm not sure the history behind it except that it's really old. The big tower and Celtic crosses there are beautiful. We were there in the late afternoon and got to take some nice pictures of the sun shining. It's very serene.
Beware though, there were signs all around to be careful of thieves smashing car windows to steal stuff. THere was only us and another car so very quiet but I couldn't help but stay on alert. Thankfully we were safe.
Also, be careful of the algae on the steps. I slipped and fell pretty badly. The algae made the stones very slippery! read more