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Kinnitty Monastery

📍 Offaly ⛪ Early Irish 📅 6th Century 🏛️ Ruins

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Early monastic site, possibly founded by 557; plundered by Norsemen 842; site possibly marked by a High cross within a churchyard

Early monastic site, possibly founded by 557; plundered by Norsemen 842; site possibly marked by a High cross within a churchyard

Historical Information

Founded: before 557

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