Clonmacnoise
Monastery
monastery in County Offaly, Ireland
Location: 53.3239, -7.9911
What this place is
- Monastery — a monastic settlement rather than one building — church, round towers, high crosses and the enclosure around them.
Who is recorded here
- Ciarán of Clonmacnoise death · AD 546
In art
About the place
Clonmacnoise or Clonmacnois is a ruined monastery in County Offaly in Ireland on the River Shannon south of Athlone, founded in 544 by Saint Ciarán, from Rathcroghan, County Roscommon. Until the 9th century it had close associations with the kings of Connacht.
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