What is recorded here
In pasture on the E shore of Inchcleraun in Lough Ree. According to legend, the island is named after Clothra, sister of the mythical Medbh/Meave, Queen of Connaught but in the 19th century it was known as ‘Quaker’s Island’ (AFM vol. 3, 98). A monastery was founded here by St Diarmuid in the 6th century. This record was formerly classed as Archaeological Complex, which has now been changed to Ecclesiastical Site which includes the following monuments, LF021-046----, LF021-047----, LF021-048001-, LF021-048002-, LF021-048003-, LF021-048004-, LF021-048005-, LF021-048006-, LF021-048007-, LF021-048008-, LF021-048009-, LF021-048010-, LF021-048011- , LF021-048012-, LF021-048013-, LF021-049----.
Compiled by: Patrick F. O'Donovan
Revised by: Caimin O'Brien
Date of revised upload: 1 February 2023
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- What survives
- Recorded monument
Places near here
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Grianan MevaFairy fort / stone ringfort · 149 yd
Church of the DeadChurch · 377 yd
Templemurry (in Ruins)Church · 403 yd
Dogs IslandIslet · 1253 yd
Black RockNamed rock · 1.2 mi
Cruit PointHeadland · 1.4 mi
St. John's WoodWood · 1.9 mi
Elfeet CastleCastle, Anglo-Norman masonry castle · 1.9 mi
Culnagore WoodForest · 2.1 mi