holy sites of ireland

Galloon Island

County Fermanagh

St Tiernan (550) founded the monastery here. He was a monk and bishop and was also called Tighernach or Manchen. There are 2 Shafts of High Crosses in the Graveyard

OS 27 390 226 marked

see: Irish Monasticism, Cross Slabs and High Crosses


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