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Early Christian Sites in County Wicklow Aghowle Bahana Ballintombay Ballyknocker East Blessington Castletimon Church Mountain Clone(Cluain) Clognagaune Donard Glendalough |
St Finian (549) founded the monastery here. He spent time in Wales. He became one of the great early founders of monastic life in Ireland and was known as the ‘teacher of the saints of Ireland’ and the author of a celebrated ‘Penitential’. He also evangelised in Scotland. There is a Church, an unfinished Cross and font and a Grave Slab. OS 62 932 694 marked see: Irish Monasticism |