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St. Declan's Monastery is located about 400 m (1 ⁄ 4 mile) southwest of Ardmore, County Waterford. Ardmore is built on a headland 7.5 km (4.7 mi) east of Youghal and the mouth of the Munster Blackwater .
Declán of Ardmore (Old Irish: Declán mac Eircc; Irish: Deaglán, Deuglán; Latin: Declanus; died 5th century AD), also called Déclán, was an early Irish saint of the Déisi Muman, who was remembered for having converted the Déisi in the late 5th century and for having founded the monastery of Ardmore (Ard Mór) in what is now County Waterford. [1]
Declan, regarded as a patron saint of the Déisi of East Munster, [5] is one of several Munster saints said to have preceded Saint Patrick in bringing Christianity to Ireland. A new church, replacing an older oratory, was built at St. Declan's Monastery in the 9th century.
Achad-crimthain Monastery ~ early monastic site, founded before 829; possibly located in County Waterford Achad-dagain Monastery ~ early monastic site, founded before 639 Ardmore Cathedral: early monastic site, Gaelic monks, founded in the 5th century by St Declan; diocesan cathedral 1152; see united with Lismore after 1210? St Declan's Church
St. Paul's Church is a small Church of Ireland church located in the seaside village of Ardmore, County Waterford in Ireland. Built between 1835 and 1840 (and dated 1838 by the incision on the tower), [ 2 ] it is situated on a hill overlooking the town, but not as far up the hill as Ardmore's notable St. Declan's Monastery ruins.
Saint Declan (fl. 350–450 AD) founded a monastery at Ardmore, [63] possibly the oldest Christian settlement in Ireland. A contemporary was Ailbe, whose Vita, written c. 750, says that he preached Christianity in Munster before the arrival of St. Patrick, and founded a monastery at Emly.
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St. Declan's Monastery; St. Paul's Church, Ardmore; W. Bishop of Waterford and Lismore; Bishop of Waterford This page was last edited on 8 May 2018, at 06:33 (UTC). ...