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Staid Abbey
The ruins of this old church are located near Streedagh. Very little is left of the church, which may be linked to the monastic settlement on Inishmurray Island.
Captain Francisco de Cuellar was a survivor of the one of the three Spanish Armada ships that were wrecked at Streedagh in 1588. He mentions in a letter composed in Antwerp on his journey back to Spain that he reached a church close to where he had been washed ashore. He recounted that the church had been burned and that inside he saw twelve Spaniards hanging, hung he said by, “Lutheran English”. It is possible that Staid, being so close to the area of the Streedagh shipwrecks is the church de Cuellar describes. Continue reading
Killaspugbrone Chruch
Killaspugbrone Chruch near Strandhill village is named after St. Bronus, a native of County Sligo who is thought to have lived around the same time as St. Patrick.
The ruins of this small rectangular shaped church is surrounded by a graveyard that had been used as a multi denominational cemetery right up to the middle of the last century. There is a marked walking trail from Strandhill out to the church and graveyard.
St. Patrick is thought to have visited the site where he tripped and lost a tooth! He apparently gave the tooth to St. Bronus who enshrined it in the church where it became a special relic.
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Tagged church, st patrick, strandhill, walking trail
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