Church Island (Lough Currane)

Church Island
Oileán an Teampaill[1]
Location within Ireland
Monastery information
Established 6th century AD
Diocese Kerry
People
Founder(s) Fionán Cam
Architecture
Status ruined
Style Romanesque
Site
Location Lough Currane, County Kerry
Coordinates 51°50′06″N 10°07′45″W / 51.834893°N 10.129270°W / 51.834893; -10.129270Coordinates: 51°50′06″N 10°07′45″W / 51.834893°N 10.129270°W / 51.834893; -10.129270
Public access yes
Official name Church Island (Lough Currane) Early Medieval Ecclesiastical Site[2]
Reference no. 60

Church Island is a medieval Christian monastery and National Monument located in Lough Currane, Ireland.[3][4][5]

Location

Church Island is located on a 1.8 ha (4.4 acres) island in Lough Currane, 2.8 km (1.7 mi) east of Waterville.[6] It is also known as Inis Uasail ("Upper Island").[7]

History

The monastery on Lough Currane claims its foundation from Saint Fionán Cam (6th century AD).[8][9]

The oak church (dairthech) was replaced in the 12th century by a Romanesque stone building, some of which survives.[10]

Description

There is a stone church, a clochán (perhaps a hospitium) and two further cells for other monks. There are three altars, 11 cross slabs and pillar stones.[11][12]

A carved cross on Church Island

The church contains a relief carving of a musician playing a lyre.[13][14]

References

  1. ↑ "Oileán an Teampaill/Church Island". Logainm.ie.
  2. ↑ https://www.archaeology.ie/sites/default/files/media/pdf/monuments-in-state-care-kerry.pdf
  3. ↑ Dublin.), James Fraser (of (9 March 2018). "Guide through Ireland" – via Google Books.
  4. ↑ Ireland, Royal Society of Antiquaries of (9 March 2018). "The Journal of the Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland". The Society – via Google Books.
  5. ↑ "The Irish Digest". Irish Digest. 9 March 1963 – via Google Books.
  6. ↑ https://www.activeme.ie/guides/attractions-2/church-island-lough-currane-waterville-kerry-ireland-things-to-see-and-do/
  7. ↑ Ltd., eDynamics. "Church Island in Lough Currane, Co. Kerry - Map, Locate, Directions, Contact". mypois.ie.
  8. ↑ Daly, Mike. "Church Island".
  9. ↑ Crowley, John; Sheehan, John (9 March 2018). "The Iveragh Peninsula: a cultural atlas of the Ring of Kerry". Cork University Press – via Google Books.
  10. ↑ Murphy, J. A. "The Church of Ireland in Co Kerry". Lulu.com – via Google Books.
  11. ↑ "Church island lough currane (also called termons), County Kerry". www.earlychristianireland.net.
  12. ↑ Ireland, Royal Society of Antiquaries of (9 March 2018). "Journal" – via Google Books.
  13. ↑ Monk, Michael A.; Sheehan, John (9 March 1998). "Early Medieval Munster: Archaeology, History and Society". Cork University Press – via Google Books.
  14. ↑ "The Islands of Ireland: Monastic, musical and magical Church Island". 18 September 2017.
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