Sleaty Church and High Crosses

Sleaty Church and two High Crosses are found in the centre of a graveyard, and was once the residence of the Bishop of Leinster. The monastery founded here by St Fiac in the late 5th century was the second monastery founded by him. Sleaty Church is the site of St Fiac’s grave and that of his son Fiacre. The present church is built of coursed limestone block, except for the east gable, which wa...