 Church ruins and high cross of Inishmacsaint | |
| Monastery information | |
|---|---|
| Established | 6th century |
| Diocese | Diocese of Clogher |
| People | |
| Founder(s) | St. Ninnidh |
| Site | |
| Location | Lough Erne, Enniskillen, County Fermanagh |
| Coordinates | 54°26′7.8″N 7°44′43.7″W / 54.435500°N 7.745472°W |
Inishmacsaint (Irish: Inis-maige-samh, meaning 'Island of the Sorrel Plain') is a monastery located on an island off the western shore of Lough Erne, County Fermanagh, Northern Ireland. The site includes the ruins of a monastic church and an early stone cross, probably from the tenth and twelfth centuries. Inishmacsaint was founded by St. Ninnidh, (d. 523/30). The original monastic buildings were probably damaged or destroyed during the raids of the ninth or tenth centuries.[1]
- ^ Pilgrim's Way to St. Patrick's Purgatory, by Eileen Gardiner, 2010, pp. 122-25. The Parish of Inishmacsaint, by William Parke, 1982. North West Ulster: The Buildings of Ireland, by Alistair Rowan, 1979, pp. 318–19. Medieval Religious Houses: Ireland, by Gwynn & Hadcock, 1970, p. 38.