Leper Hospital

This Leper Hospital stands at Kilbixy, near Ballynacargy in the barony of Moygoish, and is recorded in historical sources as the 'Leper-house of St Bridgid' — one of only three surviving leper hospital ruins in Ireland and the best preserved of them. It was built in the late twelfth century as an adjunct to the Priory of Kilbixy, founded by Geoffrey de Constantine around 1192. The hospital sat...