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Finnian and his pupils in a stained glass window at the Church of St. Finian in Clonard. Finnian came first to Aghowle in County Wicklow at the foot of Sliabh Condala, where Oengus, the king of Leinster granted him a site. He then founded a monastic community on Skellig Michael, off the coast of Kerry, 'though this is doubted by historians. [7]
The abbot of Clonard led the clergy of the midlands in the same fashion that the abbot of Armagh led those in the north. [4] During its heyday, a hymn written in Finnian's honour claimed that the monastery's school housed 3,000 pupils receiving religious instruction at any given time. [5] A great part of the abbey erected by St. Finian was ...
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(Tólac mac Dúnchado, bishop, but not abbot of Clonard, died 738). Forindán, died 12 February 745. Do Dímmóc, also achorite and abbot of Kildare, died 3 March 748. Bécc Laitne, died 763. Loarn, died 765. Airlid, died 772. Góedel, died 776. (Fulartach, bishop, but not abbot of Clonard, died 29 March or 21 December 779). Dub dá Bairenn ...
Finnian (also Finian, Fionán or Fionnán in Irish; or Finianus and Finanus in its Latinised form) may refer to: Finnian of Movilla (495–589), Christian missionary to Ireland; Finnian of Clonard (470–549), Irish founder of the monastery of Clonard; Finian Lobhar an early Irish saint credited with founding a church and monastery at ...
Springfield is a census-designated place (CDP) in northwestern Hampshire County, West Virginia, United States. As of the 2010 census , Springfield had a population of 477. [ 3 ] Springfield is located north of Romney along West Virginia Route 28 at its junction with Green Spring Road (West Virginia Secondary Route 1) and Springfield Pike (West ...
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St Finian's Esker church and graveyard is an historical site in Esker, Lucan, Dublin. It contains a medieval church in ruins and an enclosed graveyard. The graveyard has over 50 extant memorials from the early 18th century to the early 20th century. Both the church and graveyard are protected structures in the ownership of South Dublin County ...