Category:Kilbennan Monastery

**Kilbennan Monastery**
	Early Christian monastic site with ruins of a round tower and a medieval church, founded by St. Benen, a disciple of St. Patrick, in the 5th century
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Instance of	monastery; archaeological site;
Location	County Galway, Connacht, Ireland
Founded by	Benignus of Armagh;
Heritage designation	national monument of Ireland;
Inception	5th century;
	53° 32′ 19.81″ N, 8° 53′ 31.34″ W
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This object is indexed in the Archaeological Survey of Ireland under SMR No. GA029-017002-
Geographic information system of the National Monuments Service: Historic Environment Viewer – Database record.

English: Kilbennan Monastery (also called Kilbenan or Kilbannon) was founded by St. Benen (also called Benignus, Beannan, or Mionnan), a disciple of St. Patrick. (See A. Gwynn and R. N. Hadcock, Medieval Religious Houses Ireland, p. 388.)

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The following 10 files are in this category, out of 10 total.

Kilbennan Church and Round Tower 2010 09 16.jpg 2,731 × 1,675; 3.12 MB
Kilbennan Church and Roundtower East 2010 09 16.jpg 3,504 × 2,204; 4.83 MB
Kilbennan Church and Roundtower II 2010 09 16.jpg 3,281 × 1,441; 2.4 MB
Kilbennan Church and Roundtower NE 2010 09 16.jpg 3,504 × 2,336; 4.8 MB
Kilbennan Church East Gable Interior 2010 09 16.jpg 2,648 × 2,262; 4.55 MB
Kilbennan Church East Gable Window 2010 09 16.jpg 2,336 × 3,504; 7.17 MB
Kilbennan Round Tower E 2010 09 16.jpg 2,288 × 3,432; 3.87 MB
Kilbennan Round Tower NW 2010 09 16.jpg 2,336 × 3,504; 5.09 MB
Kilbennen (Church & Round Tower Front).JPG 2,848 × 3,557; 4.99 MB
Kilbennen (Church & Round Tower).JPG 4,196 × 2,517; 6.97 MB

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