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<< Text Pages >> St Patrick's Island - Early Christian Sculptured Stone in Ireland (Republic of) in Co. Dublin

Submitted by Andy B on Saturday, 24 April 2021  Page Views: 441

Early Medieval (Dark Age)Site Name: St Patrick's Island
Country: 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:
5Perfect
4Almost Perfect
3Reasonable but with some damage
2Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site
1Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks
0No data.
-1Completely destroyed
4 Ambience:
5Superb
4Good
3Ordinary
2Not Good
1Awful
0No data.
4 Access:
5Can be driven to, probably with disabled access
4Short walk on a footpath
3Requiring a bit more of a walk
2A long walk
1In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find
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1 Accuracy:
5co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates
4co-ordinates scaled from a detailed map
3co-ordinates scaled from a bad map
2co-ordinates of the nearest village
1co-ordinates of the nearest town
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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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Re: St Patrick's Island by Andy B on Saturday, 24 April 2021
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Church Island : a Description
Frank Prendergast, Technological University Dublin
Michael Ryan, Chester Beatty Library
Kevin Mooney, Technological University Dublin
Barry Masterson
Chapter reproduced with permission from Four Courts Press from the book ,The island of St Patrick : church and ruling dynasties in Fingal and Meath, 400-1148.

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