High Cross of Clonmacnois, Co Offaly

The Cross of The Scriptures, The High Cross of Clonmacnois, a painting by Mary McSweeney is located on the banks of the river Shannon, the longest river in Ireland and in the hearth of Ireland in County Offaly. The late Pope John Paul 11 said mass here on his historic and first visit of a pope to Ireland in 1979.