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by | Dec 1, 2017

Church Island is a medieval Christian monastery and National Monument located in Lough Currane, Ireland.[3][4][5]

Location

Church Island is located on a 1.8 ha (4.4 acres) island in Lough Currane, 2.8 km (1.7 mi) east of Waterville.[6] It is also known as Inis Uasail ("Upper Island").[7]

History

The monastery on Lough Currane claims its foundation from Saint Fionán Cam (6th century AD).[8][9]

The oak church (dairthech) was replaced in the 12th century by a Romanesque stone building, some of which survives.[10]

Description

There is a stone church, a clochán (perhaps a hospitium) and two further cells for other monks. There are three altars, 11 cross slabs and pillar stones.[11][12]

A carved cross on Church Island

The church contains a relief carving of a musician playing a lyre.[13][14]

References

  1. ^ "Oileán an Teampaill/Church Island". Logainm.ie.
  2. ^ "National Monuments in State Care: Ownership & Guardianship" (PDF). Ireland: National Monuments Service. 4 March 2009. Retrieved 12 May 2021.
  3. ^ Dublin.), James Fraser (of (9 March 2018). "Guide through Ireland" – via Google Books.
  4. ^ Ireland, Royal Society of Antiquaries of (9 March 2018). "The Journal of the Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland". The Society – via Google Books.
  5. ^ "The Irish Digest". Irish Digest. 9 March 1963 – via Google Books.
  6. ^ "Church Island, Lough Currane, Waterville, Kerry, Ireland - Things to See and do | Location | Activeme.ie". 5 November 2013.
  7. ^ Ltd., eDynamics. "Church Island in Lough Currane, Co. Kerry - Map, Locate, Directions, Contact". mypois.ie.
  8. ^ Daly, Mike. "Church Island".
  9. ^ Crowley, John; Sheehan, John (9 March 2018). The Iveragh Peninsula: a cultural atlas of the Ring of Kerry. Cork University Press. ISBN 9781859184301 – via Google Books.
  10. ^ Murphy, J. A. (29 January 2012). The Church of Ireland in Co Kerry. Lulu.com. ISBN 9781471080258 – via Google Books.
  11. ^ "Church island lough currane (also called termons), County Kerry". www.earlychristianireland.net.
  12. ^ Ireland, Royal Society of Antiquaries of (1855). Journal. p. 253 – via Internet Archive. Church Island Lough Currane.
  13. ^ Monk, Michael A.; Sheehan, John (9 March 1998). Early Medieval Munster: Archaeology, History and Society. Cork University Press. ISBN 9781859181072 – via Google Books.
  14. ^ "The Islands of Ireland: Monastic, musical and magical Church Island". 18 September 2017.