holy sites of ireland

Kinsealy

County Dublin

St Doulagh (6C) founded a monastery here. There is part of a 12C Church and a hermit’s cell incorporating earlier parts. There is a Cross and Holy Well

100yd NE of the church, once used for baptism by full immersion. St Doulagh may be buried here

There is another Holy Well nearby (St Catherine’s) which was used by lepers

OS 50 211 421 marked

see: Irish Monasticism, Irish hermits


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