About This Site
Early monastic site, monks founded c.590-635, purportedly by Camelacus, Patrician bishop; great monastery founded by St Carthach (Mochuda); suggested Augustinian Canons Regular briefly, possibly after 1171 — improbable and documentary evidence lacking
Historical Information
Founded:c.590-635
Associated Saints:Camelacus, Patrician bishop
Alternative Names:
- St Carthach
- Raihen
- Rath-an
- Rath-enin
- Rath-yne