Murrisk Abbey
Murrisk Abbey is located at the foot of Croagh Patrick and is wonderfully situated on the shores of Clew Bay. It was founded by Augustinian friars because ‘the inhabitants of those parts have not hitherto been instructed in the faith’ (National Monuments Service, n.d.). It was in 1457, that father Hugh O’Malley, a local Gaelic […]
Murrisk
Overlooking the beautiful seaside village of Murrisk is the holy mountain of Croagh Patrick. Fondly known locally as “The Reek” this majestic mountain has been associated with ritual focus for thousands of years and still is today. Unique in an Irish and European context, there is the physical evidence of both a major later-prehistoric and […]