Inishmacsaint

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]

Inishmacsaint
Church ruins and high cross of Inishmacsaint
Monastery information
Established6th century
DioceseDiocese of Clogher
People
Founder(s)St. Ninnidh
Site
LocationLough Erne, Enniskillen, County Fermanagh
Coordinates54°26′7.8″N 7°44′43.7″W
Signpost on mainland off A46, Lough Shore Drive.

Saints associated with Inishmacsaint Abbey

  • Saint Ninnidh, feast day 18 January

Abbotts of Inishmacsaint Abbey

  • Fiannamail: c. 718

References

  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.


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