Church Island (Lough Currane)

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Church Island
Oileán an Teampaill [1]
ChurchIslandMonasticSite LoughCurrane StFinianChapel.jpg
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Location within Ireland
Monastery information
Established6th century AD
Diocese Kerry
People
Founder(s) Fionán Cam
Architecture
Statusruined
Style Romanesque
Site
Location Lough Currane, County Kerry
Coordinates 51°50′06″N10°07′45″W / 51.834893°N 10.129270°W / 51.834893; -10.129270
Public accessyes
Official nameChurch 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]

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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

Watercolour, 1858 House of St. Finan Cam on Church Island Lough Currane, Co. Kerry.png
Watercolour, 1858
Carving of a musical instrument (cruit or fiddle, 11th century) Church-island-fiddle.jpg
Carving of a musical instrument (cruit or fiddle, 11th century)
Finan of Lindisfarne's cell on Church Island, photographed in 1865. In splendid isolation (44390803294).jpg
Finan of Lindisfarne's cell on Church Island, photographed in 1865.

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 Church island Cross, Co Kerry.jpg
A carved cross on Church Island

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

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References

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  2. ↑ "National Monuments in State Care: Ownership & Guardianship" (PDF). Ireland: National Monuments Service. 4 March 2009. Retrieved 12 May 2021.
  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. ↑ "Church Island, Lough Currane, Waterville, Kerry, Ireland - Things to See and do | Location | Activeme.ie". 5 November 2013.
  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. ISBN   9781859184301 – via Google Books.
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  12. ↑ Ireland, Royal Society of Antiquaries of (1855). Journal. p.  253 – via Internet Archive. Church Island Lough Currane.
  13. ↑ Monk, Michael A.; Sheehan, John (9 March 1998). Early Medieval Munster: Archaeology, History and Society. Cork University Press. ISBN   9781859181072 – via Google Books.
  14. ↑ "The Islands of Ireland: Monastic, musical and magical Church Island". 18 September 2017.
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