Saint Manchan's Church

Saint Manchan's Church stands at Lemanaghan, an ancient monastic site founded in 645 AD when King Diarmait of Ireland granted the land to monks from Clonmacnoise as thanks for their prayers during a military campaign. Saint Manchan, a respected scholar from Clonmacnoise, established the monastery at Tuaim nEirc, an island of dry ground surrounded by bog. The saint died during the yellow plague ...