What is recorded here

Ecclesiastical site in Abbeyville OR Ardlaherty is an ecclesiastical site in Abbeyville OR Ardlaherty, County Sligo, Ireland. Wood-Martin (1882, 103) claimed St. Fechin founded an abbey there in the seventh century, probably in Abbeyville, but scarcely a trace remains. The exact location is not known, and Gwynn and Hadcock (1970) list no such site.

According to Wood-Martin (1882, 103), 'St. Fechin, in the seventh century, founded an abbey' which he located 'probably in the townland of Abbeyville' but 'scarcely a trace of it remains'. The exact location of this is not known and no such site is listed by Gwynn and Hadcock (1970). The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Sligo' compiled by Ursula Egan, Elizabeth Byrne, Mary Sleeman with Sheila Ronan and Connie Murphy (Dublin Stationery Office, 2005). Date of upload: 18 January 2008

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