What is recorded here

No visible trace remains in Church Meadow, yet the ground still belongs to St Brecin's lost monastery. The Tomregan Stone may have traveled from this place to Ballyconnell, carrying a fragment of its vanished tower across the landscape. What is absent becomes a suggestion rather than a claim, inviting imagination to complete what measurement cannot recover.

Locally known as 'Church Meadow', this site is traditionally believed to be St Brecin's monastic settlement which formerly comprised a round tower, church and cemetery. According to Davies (1948, 116-7) traces of both church and round tower were evident as late as 1948, in addition to a number of cut stones, querns, and a large lump of iron slag which may have been a furnace bottom. The 'Tomregan Stone' (CV010-012002-) situated at the Church of Ireland chapel in Ballyconnell village is traditionally believed to have originated from here. No trace of monastic site at ground level. (Barrow 1979, 58). The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cavan' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1995). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload/revision: 12 January 2009

The round tower in Mullynagolman was likely built by an early medieval monastic community dedicated to St Brecin, probably between the 9th and 12th centuries. It is significant as a remnant of an important monastic site associated with early Christian settlement in Ireland.

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