Inchmacnerin Augustinian Priory

In the centre of the two-hectare Church Island, to the south-west of Lough Key, is Inchmacnerin abbey. This abbey has been classed as an early ecclesiastical site, but historical references to its foundations and early history is scant. It is known that Inchmacnerin in Irish is Mainistir Inis Mac nÉirín meaning Island of the Sons of Éirín, who adopted the Augustinian rule when St Mary’s was est...