holy sites of ireland

Old Killcullen

County Kildare

St Patrick is said to have founded the monastery here. St Iserninus was first bishop and St Mac Tail (d 548) his successor. The 11C church probably replaced an earlier wooden one. There is an enclosure, an 11C High Cross, a shaft and a base, and a Round Tower

OS 55 830 070 marked

see: the First Arrivals, St Patrick, Cross Slabs and High Crosses, Round Towers


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