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Killabuonia

County Kerry (Iveragh Peninsula)

St Buonia (7C) founded a monastery here (said to be the sister of St Patrick!) But it could be St Beoanus, a disciple of St Brendan. There is an Oratory, an outdoor altar, tomb shrine and Cross Slab

OS 83 403 698 marked

see: Ann O’Sullivan and John Sheehan The Iveragh Peninsula An Archaeological Survey of South Kerry p 295-6

There are the scattered remains of a Christian settlement higher up the slope

see: Ann O’Sullivan and John Sheehan The Iveragh Peninsula An Archaeological Survey of South Kerry p 296-7

see: Irish Monasticism, Cross Slabs and High Crosses, Irish hermits, Tomb Shrines


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