holy sites of ireland

Tamlachtard

County Derry

The monastery here is said to have been founded by St Columba in the 6C. The bones of St Aidan (664) are said to have been brought back from Iona by St Colman and buried here in a tomb shrine by the 17C church and a Holy Well.

OS 4 678 313 marked

see: Holy Well and Holy Tree, Tomb Shrines



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