monastery
Clonmacnoise
Clonmacnoise, County Offaly, Ireland · Britain & Ireland
53.324, -7.991
Attested. Attested by Irish annals and the surviving monuments. The founder's Life is hagiographic.
Ciarán founded this monastery on the Shannon around 544. It grew into one of Ireland's great centers of learning, art and annal-writing. Its high crosses, round towers and churches still stand.
Source stance: insider. Annals and monastic Lives, plus archaeology.
People and groups named here
- Ciarán of Clonmacnoise
Sources
- Clonmacnoise Monastic Site
Heritage Ireland (Office of Public Works). Accessed 2026-11-11.
- Clonmacnoise (Wikipedia)
Wikipedia contributors. Accessed 2026-11-11.
- Ciarán of Clonmacnoise (Wikipedia)
Wikipedia contributors. Accessed 2026-11-11.
Further reading
Councils here
None in this list.