Innismurray Island

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  • Inishmurray (Irish: Inis Muireadheach, meaning "Muireadheach's island") is an uninhabited island situated 7 km (4 mi) off the coast of County Sligo, Ireland.
  • The island covers .9 square kilometres
  • There are remains of an early Irish monastic settlement. Laisrén (Saint Molaise) Mac Decláin reputedly founded a monastery here in the 6th century. He was confessor of Saint Columba (Colmcille) after the Battle of Cúl Dreimhne on the mainland nearby. His feast day is the 12 August.
  • The island's ecclesiastical settlement was attacked in 807 by the Vikings
  • The enclosure wall is impressive - reaching 4.5 metres (15 ft) in height at its highest point and up to 3 metres (9.8 ft) thick.
  • The site contains various ecclesiastical buildings including enclosures, a stone-roofed oratory, two churches, a clochan, a large beehive-shaped cell, a holy well and other remains including cross slabs suggesting foreign influences.
  • The whole complex is composed of what is probably local sandstone rubble.

Distance from St Angela’s: 31.3 km (to ferry)
Link: http://www.inishmurrayislandtrips.com/

Exploring Sligo

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