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Teaghlach Éinne (Éanna’s Household)

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Teaghlach Éinne (‘Éanna’s household’) is a small medieval church, half buried in sand dunes, set in Cill Éinne Graveyard. This church was part of an important early medieval monastery, Cill Éinne (‘the church of Éanna’), which gives this area of the island its name. It is said to have been founded by St. Éanna, the island’s patron saint, in the 6th century. Éanna’s disciples went on to found ot...

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