Inishmacsaint Explained

Inishmacsaint
Founder:St. Ninnidh
Established:6th century
Diocese:Diocese of Clogher
Location:Lough Erne, Enniskillen, County Fermanagh

Inishmacsaint is a monastery located on an island off the western shore of Lough Erne, County Fermanagh, Northern Ireland. The site includes the ruins of a monastic church and an early stone cross, probably from the tenth and twelfth centuries. Inishmacsaint was founded by St. Ninnidh, (d. 523/30). The original monastic buildings were probably damaged or destroyed during the raids of the ninth or tenth centuries.[1]

Saints associated with Inishmacsaint Abbey

Abbotts of Inishmacsaint Abbey

Notes and References

  1. Pilgrim's Way to St. Patrick's Purgatory, by Eileen Gardiner, 2010, pp. 122-25. The Parish of Inishmacsaint, by William Parke, 1982. North West Ulster: The Buildings of Ireland, by Alistair Rowan, 1979, pp. 318–19. Medieval Religious Houses: Ireland, by Gwynn & Hadcock, 1970, p. 38.