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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]
St Finian's GAA, Camogie and LGFA is a Gaelic Athletic Association club in based in the River Valley, Ridgewood, Boroimhe and Forest Rd area of Swords in the north of County Dublin. The club fields teams at adult and juvenile level in camogie, hurling, and ladies' and men's football.
Disused Anglican church at the monastic site of Clonard The construction of the monastery in a stained glass window of the church of St. Finian in Clonard. Clonard Abbey (Irish: Mainistir Chluain Ioraird, meaning "Erard's Meadow") was an early medieval monastery situated on the River Boyne in Clonard, County Meath, Ireland.
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 ...
St Finian's church is a Church of Ireland building in the village of Newcastle, County Dublin. The core structures of the church, including the west tower and chancel, are dated to the 15th century. [2] These include a residential tower, attached to the church, in which the priest lived.
St Finian's GAA (Swords), a sports club in the River Valley area of north Dublin, Ireland Topics referred to by the same term This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title St Finian's GAA .
St. Finnian imparting his blessing to the Twelve Apostles of Ireland. The Twelve Apostles of Ireland (also known as Twelve Apostles of Erin, Irish: Dhá Aspal Déag na hÉireann) were twelve early Irish monastic saints of the sixth century who studied under St Finnian (d. 549) at his famous monastic school Clonard Abbey at Cluain-Eraird (Erard's Meadow), now Clonard in County Meath.
John Healy (1890) disputed the common belief that the church and abbey on Innisfallen island in Lough Leane was founded by Finian Lobhar (Finan the Leper), which he considered improbable. [12] It seemed to him much more likely that the Inisfaithlen mentioned in the biographies of Finan the Leper was the island off the coast of County Dublin ...