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Situated on the N side of Inchmore Island on Lough Ree. A monastery was reputedly founded here by St. Laobhán (Ó Riain 2011, 390-1). He was one of 47 children whose mother was Cuman daughter of Dallbhrónach, maternal aunt to Saint Brighid of Kildare, whose was womb had been blessed by St. Patrick (ibid.). His feastday…
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From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record WM015-011
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- National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
- David Baird, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
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