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Kilshine Monastery

📍 Meath ⛪ Early Irish 📅 6th Century 🏛️ Ruins

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Early monastic site, nuns founded before 597? by St Abban for St Segnich (Sinchea)

Early monastic site, nuns founded before 597? by St Abban for St Segnich (Sinchea)

Historical Information

Founded: before 597
Associated Saints: St Abban for St Segnich (Sinchea)
Alternative Names:
  • Cell-ailbe
  • Cell-sinche
  • Techsinche

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