An Sean Phobal

An Sean Phobal (Old Parish) takes its name from the Irish for 'the old parish', referring to the ecclesiastical community centred on this townland in the barony of Decies-within-Drum. The place sits within the wider civil parish of Ardmore, adjacent to St. Declan's monastery, one of Ireland's most significant early Christian sites, founded in the late 5th century by St. Declan, whose foundation...