Aghowle Church

Aghowle Church is located 8.5 kilometres (5.3 miles) northwest of the Co. Wicklow village of Shillelagh, and 11.8 kilometres (7.3 miles) southeast of the Co. Carlow village of Tullow. Aghowle translates from the Irish "Achadh na Abhall" as "The field of apple trees". It was the reputed site of a monastery, where many monks lived, that was founded in the first quarter of the 6th century by St. ...