Devil's Bit
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The Devil's Bit or Devil's Bit Mountain is a large hill in County Tipperary, Ireland, which rises to 480 metres. It lies north-west of the town of Templemore. The mountain is usually climbed through t
Devil's Bit from the east
The Devil's Bit Mountain
Statue of the Virgin Mary
Carden's Folly
Book of Dimma
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The Book of Dimma is an 8th-century Irish pocket Gospel Book originally from the Abbey of Roscrea, founded by St. Crónán in County Tipperary, Ireland. In addition to the Gospels of Luke and John, it h
Devil's Bit
…Historically, Devil's Bit was one of the hills around Ireland that were climbed as part of the Lughnasa festival. The Book of Dimma was supposedly discovered in a cave on the mountain in 1789. It is an illuminated manuscript copy of the four Gospels and was written in the monastery…
Evangelist portrait
St. John
St. Matthew
Cumdach of the Book of Dimma, 20th-century reproduction of front