Inchcleraun Island

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Inchcleraun Island

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Inchcleraun, named after the sister of Queen Maeve and remembered in Irish mythology as the place where the legendary Queen Maeve of Connaught was killed while bathing in its tranquil waters by her Ulster foes. During the early Christian era, St Diarmuid founded a monastery on Inchcleraun. Extensive ruins of six churches survive, the remains of greatest antiquity being those of the church named after the founding saint. The island was plundered extensively by the armies of Munster during the eleventh and twelfth centuries. There are no organised ferries to the island but private boats can be hired during the summer months.

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Saints Island

On Saints Island stand the ruins of an Augustinian monastery. It flourished during the fourteenth century under the scholarly Abbot, Augustin Magraidin, but the ravages of time took their toll and the site lay derelict for centuries. Augustin Magaidrin was described as a sage during his lifetime in divine and worldly wisdom. Magaidrin was the author of an important manuscript collection of the lives of Irish Saints which has been a valuable source for later writers. The work is preserved in the Rawlinson collection of manuscripts in the Bodleian Library, Oxford. Magaidrin also compiled the Annals of the Abbey of All Saints, Lough Ree, listed by the Four Masters as one of their sources. It is also available in the Bodhleian Library. Magaidrin died in 1405.

Saints Island has been linked to the mainland by a causeway for some years. This quiet water place is a favourite haunt of marsh birds. In spring the curlew, lapwing and various species of wild duck may be seen in great numbers.

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