Category:Annaghdown Nunnery
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This object is indexed in the Archaeological Survey of Ireland under SMR No. GA069-001007-
Geographic information system of the National Monuments Service: Historic Environment Viewer – Database record. |
English: The nunnery at Annaghdown was according to tradition founded by St. Brendan in the 6th century and put under the direction of his sister Briga. In c. 1144 the nunnery became Arroasian and was joined to the Abbey of St. Mary de Portu Patrum. Ruins of an early church close to the ruins of St. John the Baptist de Cella Parva are assumed to belonged to this nunnery.
Media in category "Annaghdown Nunnery"
The following 2 files are in this category, out of 2 total.
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Annaghdown Nunnery 2010 09 12.jpg 3,504 × 1,953; 4.8 MB
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Annaghdown Nunnery Church 2010 09 12.jpg 3,461 × 2,170; 5.26 MB
Categories:
- Objects of County Galway recorded in the Archaeological Survey of Ireland with known IDs
- Churches and monasteries in County Galway
- Monasteries established in Ireland in the 6th century
- Celtic monasteries established in the 6th century
- Convents in Ireland
- Saint Brendan
- Annaghdown
- Ruins of churches in County Galway