What Is Clonmacnoise Famous For

Clonmacnoise was the earliest and foremost Irish monastic city after the foundation of an abbey there by St. Ciaran about 545. It had become an important centre of learning by the 9th century, and several books of annals were compiled there.

Why is Clonmacnoise famous?

Clonmacnoise was the earliest and foremost Irish monastic city after the foundation of an abbey there by St. Ciaran about 545. It had become an important centre of learning by the 9th century, and several books of annals were compiled there.

Who is buried at Clonmacnoise?

Turlough O’Connor and his son Rory, two of the last High Kings of Ireland, and who both endowed Clonmacnoise, are buried here in the Cathedral. But with wealth and success come envy and danger; the Vikings came 13 times, while the native Irish ransacked the site on 27 occasions and the Normans perpetrated 6 raids.

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