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Glaspatrick

Site/Artefact Enclosure Type Early Ecclesiastical Remains Site Number SMR Mayo 087 00028 National Grid Reference 090830 East 282430 North Map ( 1:50000) Ordnance Survey Ireland, Discovery Series No 31 List of Sites and Artefacts Click Here Interactive Map Click Here

Description
When Christianity spread to Ireland in the fifth century AD, it confronted a country that was divided into numerous small kingdoms and lacking any urban centres that resembled the Roman model. In the absence of these urban centres from which a bishop could rule dioceses, individual monasteries became power centres reflecting the well-established practices of the landscape around them. The early ecclesiastical sites such as the one at Glaspatrick are looked upon as particularly significant given their association with the new religion brought to Ireland by Saint Patrick. Indeed according to some sources the Charioteer of the saint is buried at this site at Muiresc Aigli, that is the plain between the sea and Mons Aigli, the old name for Croagh Patrick.

For a site to be classified as an early foundation its associated features must include any three of the following: Name of an Irish Saint, Enclosure, Church, Burial ground, Holy well, Penitential stations, Leacht or (reputed) burial place of the founder, early Christian cross slabs, Bullaun stone, Souterrain and upright pillar stone. The features at Glaspatrick include church remains, burial ground and a holy well. There is also local knowledge of a tall engraved pillar stone that stood at the site, which today cannot be found.

Excavation Details
N/A

Access/Ownership
Clew Bay Archaeological Trail

References

• Hughes, H. 1991, Croagh Patrick, An Ancient Mountain Pilgrimage, Westport.
• Morahan, L. 2001, Croagh Patrick, Co. Mayo, archaeology, landscape and people, Westport

Check out the following sections of the website for related information:

• Mayo of the Saxons
• Emergence of Christianity

Mayo Sites and Artefacts

1. Mayo Abbey 2. Balla 3. Ballintubber Abbey 4. Tóchar Phadraig 5. Aghagower 6. Lankhill 7. Boheh 8. Croagh Patrick Summit 9. Carrownalurgan 10. Ardoley 11. Kiladangan 12. Glaspatrick 13. Shrawee 14. Clare Island - Strake 15. Clare Island - Lecarrow 16. Caher Island 17. Durless

18. Carrowmore 19. Knappaghmanagh 20. Cushalogurt 21. Carrowkeel Ecclesiastical Remains 22. Thornhill 23. Carrowkeel Murrisk 24. Carrowkeel Cahernaran 25. Carrowmacloughlin Cairn-1 26. Carrowmacloughlin Cairn-2 27. Carrowmacloughlin Cairn-3 28. Carrowmacloughlin/ Glencally/ Teevenacroaghy 29. Carrowmacloughlin Sweathouses 30. Glaspatrick Holy Well

31. Glaspatrick Rath-1 32. Glaspatrick Early Ecclesiastical Remains 33. Glaspatrick Ringfort 34. Glaspatrick Rath-2 35. Glaspatrick Ecclesiatical Remains 36. Glaspatrick Altar 38. Glaspatrick Graveyard 39. Murrisk Demesne Standing Stone-1 40. Murrisk Demesne Standing Stone-2 41. Murrisk Demesne Standing Stone-3 42. Teevenacroaghy

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