What is recorded here

A National Monument. According to Gwynn and Hadcock (1970, 405), 'Taghadoe, Tech-tua [is] the site of a monastery founded by St Tua, alias Ultan the Silent: Folachtach of Tech-tua, abbot of Clonmacnoise, died in 770 AFM'. On a slight rise in otherwise open, level pasture. Geophysical survey results appear to confirm the existence of portion of an early ecclesiastical enclosure (KD010-014001-), while upstanding remains comprise a round tower (KD010-014002-) and a graveyard (KD010-014003-) which may have early origins but is probably at least partly associated with an RC Chapel site (KD010-014004-) and a 19th century church (KD010-014005-). No visible surface traces of an earlier church survive. (Fitzgerald 1894-5, 76, 86-94; Killanin and Duignan 1967, 372; Harbison 1975, 126; Lennox-Barrow 1979, 124-6) Compiled by: Gearóid Conroy Date of upload: 10 June 2011

St Tua (also known as Ultan the Silent) founded a monastery at Taghadoe in the 6th or 7th century. It is associated with Clonmacnoise and reflects an early monastic tradition in Ireland.

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