Lambay Island Monastery

Lambay Island, located off the Dublin coast near Portrane, was home to one of Ireland's earliest monastic settlements. According to tradition, Saint Columba established a monastic community on the island around 530 AD, though some sources credit Colman McRoi (Colman mac Beognai) as the actual founder, undertaken with Columba's blessing. Colman, venerated across Catholic, Anglican, and Orthodox ...