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St Canoc (or Michonoge) founded a monastery here in 492. Canoc was the nephew of St David. Many monasteries in this area, i.e. Ferbane, Lynally, and Lemanaghan, had strong links with Wales and it maybe a good number of the monks came from there. 203 Grave slabs were found here. OS 47117 238 marked see C O’Brien Stories from a Sacred Landscape ch 3 see: Irish Monasticism |