Domhnach Mór

Domhnach Mór, meaning 'big church,' reflects the site's significance as an early Christian monastic establishment founded in the 5th century, traditionally attributed to St. Patrick with St. Cassanus as first abbot. The monastery grew wealthy enough to purchase land—a 1094 transaction records monks at Kells buying Donaghmore lands for 20 ounces of gold, witnessed by the Bishop of the North and ...