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Early Medieval (Dark Age)Site Name: St Patrick's IslandCountry: Ireland (Republic of)
NOTE: This site is 1.736 km away from the location you searched for.
County: Co. Dublin Type: Early Christian Sculptured Stone
Latitude: 53.585361N Longitude: 6.073928W
Condition:
5 | Perfect |
4 | Almost Perfect |
3 | Reasonable but with some damage |
2 | Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site |
1 | Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks |
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-1 | Completely destroyed |
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4 | Good |
3 | Ordinary |
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5 | Can be driven to, probably with disabled access |
4 | Short walk on a footpath |
3 | Requiring a bit more of a walk |
2 | A long walk |
1 | In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find |
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5 | co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates |
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The seventh-century writer, Bishop Tfrechan, wrote that lnishpatrick (known to locals invariably as Church Island)' off Skerries was the first place on which St Patrick set foot on his return to Ireland as a missionary. Skerries lies on the east coast-on the edge of the plain known anciently as Brega.
It was on that plain, somewhere near the mouth of the Delvin river, that Patrick allegedly converted his successor Benignus, regarded as the first native Irishman to become a bishop. Legend has it that Benignus (Benen in Irish) received some of his education on In ish patrick. On the island are the ruins of a twelfth-century church and associated buildings, probably living quarters for monks and a tomb-shrine. At one time there had also been a cemetery there.
Source: Church Island : a Description
Frank Prendergast, Technological University Dublin
Michael Ryan, Chester Beatty Library
Kevin Mooney, Technological University Dublin
Barry Masterson
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