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Monastic Sites

Discover Ireland's ancient monasteries and abbeys that shaped the spiritual landscape

Monastic Site Limerick

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

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Monastic Site Cork

Skeam West Monastery ø

possible early monastic site, Gaelic monks

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Monastic Site Kerry

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…

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Monastic Site Kerry

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…

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Monastic Site Kerry

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…

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Monastic Site Kerry

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…

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Monastic Site Kerry

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…

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Monastic Site Kerry

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…

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Monastic Site Kerry

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…

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Monastic Site Kerry

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…

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Monastic Site Kerry

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…

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Monastic Site Kerry

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…

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