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Inishmurray

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Inishmurray is a narrow, uninhabited island seven kilometres off County Sligo where Saint Molaise built a monastery in the sixth century before Vikings struck it twice and drove the monks away. Its massive sandstone wall still stands four and a half metres high beside a stone-roofed oratory, two churches, a beehive cell and a holy well, while cross slabs hint at distant influences. The island later supported just over a hundred people in the 1880s, who farmed vegetables, grazed cattle, fished for lobster and may have brewed spirits for nearby shores.
Inishmurray is recorded as a island in County Sligo. Its open map record supplies this location and any linked names or public references.
Inishmurray is a small island off the coast of County Sligo, notable for its well-preserved monastic site dating back to the early Christian period. The island was home to a medieval monastery and is linked to Saint Muire, with historical and archaeological significance in the region.

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