Disert Oenghusa
Disert Oenghusa (New Irish Díseart Aonghasa , An Díseart ) is a ruined monastery west of Croom in County Limerick in Ireland .
The monastery is first mentioned in the annals of the four masters in 1083 when one of its abbots died. It was probably founded at the end of the 8th century by the great reformer Óenghus (Angus) of the Culdee , who died between 815 and 824.
The current church ruins come from the 15th / 16th centuries. Century, but it integrates parts of an older church, as can be seen from the large wall stones and the broken lintel above the doorway of the south wall. The church was in use until at least 1418. The east gable is a late addition and the west gable was rebuilt before 1869.
In the immediate vicinity there is an approximately 20 m high round tower ( Cloigtheach an Dísirt ) with a hemispherical decoration on the arched doorway. During the excavation, human bones were found in the clay soil of the round tower.
See also
literature
- Peter Harbison : Pre-Christian Ireland. From the first settlers to the early Celts (= Ancient peoples and places vol. 104). Thames & Hudson, London 1988, p. 147 ISBN 0-500-27809-1 .
Individual evidence
- ↑ Oengus der Culdee also Óengus von Tallaght is the author of the earliest Irish martyrology, the so-called Felire. Born into an Ulster royal family , he studied at Clonenagh Monastery, County Laois. He lived as a hermit in Disertbeagh and Dysert Enos. He later entered the Tallacht Monastery (near Dublin). He is reputed to have been elected abbot and bishop before he died.
Coordinates: 52 ° 31 ′ 15.6 " N , 8 ° 44 ′ 41.1" W.