About This Site
Early monastic site, founded before 542 by St Ciaran of Clonmacnois; Augustinian Canons Regular founded after 1140?; cell dependent on Saints’ Island? from before 1259?; dissolved before 1500?, probably abandoned some time before the general suppression
Historical Information
Founded:before 542
Alternative Names:
- Inis Ainghin
- Inish Inneen
- Oilean Aingin
- Saints Island, Lough Ree