Monastic Sites
Discover Ireland's ancient monasteries and abbeys that shaped the spiritual landscape
Singland Monastery
Founded: 5th century
Order: Early Irish
Early monastic site, purportedly founded 5th century by St Patrick; monastic lands recorded as late as 1615
Skellig Michael Monastery, Great Skellig Island
early monastic site, purportedly founded by a St Finan; plundered by the Danes 824; rebuilt 860; most of the community transferred to Ballinaskellig probably before mid-11th century, hermits probably remaining…
Skellig Michael Monastery, Great Skellig Island
early monastic site, purportedly founded by a St Finan; plundered by the Danes 824; rebuilt 860; most of the community transferred to Ballinaskellig probably before mid-11th century, hermits probably remaining…
Skellig Michael Monastery, Great Skellig Island
early monastic site, purportedly founded by a St Finan; plundered by the Danes 824; rebuilt 860; most of the community transferred to Ballinaskellig probably before mid-11th century, hermits probably remaining…
Skellig Michael Monastery, Great Skellig Island
early monastic site, purportedly founded by a St Finan; plundered by the Danes 824; rebuilt 860; most of the community transferred to Ballinaskellig probably before mid-11th century, hermits probably remaining…
Skellig Michael Monastery, Great Skellig Island
early monastic site, purportedly founded by a St Finan; plundered by the Danes 824; rebuilt 860; most of the community transferred to Ballinaskellig probably before mid-11th century, hermits probably remaining…
Skellig Michael Monastery, Great Skellig Island
early monastic site, purportedly founded by a St Finan; plundered by the Danes 824; rebuilt 860; most of the community transferred to Ballinaskellig probably before mid-11th century, hermits probably remaining…
Skellig Michael Monastery, Great Skellig Island
early monastic site, purportedly founded by a St Finan; plundered by the Danes 824; rebuilt 860; most of the community transferred to Ballinaskellig probably before mid-11th century, hermits probably remaining…
Skellig Michael Monastery, Great Skellig Island
early monastic site, purportedly founded by a St Finan; plundered by the Danes 824; rebuilt 860; most of the community transferred to Ballinaskellig probably before mid-11th century, hermits probably remaining…
Skellig Michael Monastery, Great Skellig Island
early monastic site, purportedly founded by a St Finan; plundered by the Danes 824; rebuilt 860; most of the community transferred to Ballinaskellig probably before mid-11th century, hermits probably remaining…
Skellig Michael Monastery, Great Skellig Island
early monastic site, purportedly founded by a St Finan; plundered by the Danes 824; rebuilt 860; most of the community transferred to Ballinaskellig probably before mid-11th century, hermits probably remaining…