holy sites of ireland

Mayo Abbey

County Louth

St Colman (674), having quit Britain after the Synod of Whitby came here with both Irish and Saxons to found a monastery here in 668. There is an Abbey church, a High Cross head and a Cross Slab.

OS 38 264 795 marked

see Irish Monasticism, Cross Slabs and High Crosses


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