Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ecclesiastical enclosure
St. Patrick'S Island, County Dublin, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- St. Patrick'S Island
- County
- Dublin
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.58440, -6.07609
- SMR number
- DU005-019003-
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
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Shown on 5 historical map sheets, the earliest the 1799 "Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
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The National Monuments Service's description
Early Christian monastery associated with St. Mochonna (Doconna, or Conna), venerated on the 13th of January. The Danes are recorded to have burned the monastery in 798 when the shrine of Dochonna was broken (D'Alton 1838, 223). Recent aerial photography of St Patrick's Island (Inis Pádraig) shows traces of a roughly circular enclosure around the church (diam. c. 75m; OS 8/9269) (DU005-019002-).
Compiled by: Geraldine Stout
Revised by: Caimin O'Brien
Date of revised upload: 13 March 2023
References
Ryan, M., Mooney, K., Prendergast, F and Masterson, B. 2004 Church Island: a description. In Ailbhe Mac Shamhráin (ed.), The Island of St Patrick: Church and ruling dynasties in Fingal and Meath 400-1148, 106-24.
D'Alton, J. 1838 (Reprint 1976) The history of the county of Dublin. Cork. Tower Books.
Nearby in the register
- Buildingunder 1 mi
- Structureunder 1 mi
- Ecclesiastical siteunder 1 mi
- Religious house - Augustinian canonsunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.